Chapter 33: The thorn’s envoy
3 sentences... that was all they said and yet that was all I needed to realize the decision of the Thorn Assembly.
'Well well, what do we have here?'
When I saw them approach my territory, I expected it, and I also had ideas about their eventual decision. And this? This was one of the many scenarios in my mind, I was only surprised at how accurate it was to my predictions.
I should feel threatened, and yet, I didn't.
Rather, I felt amused.
'This mad world is back to normal, I guess'.
The diplomacy in recent days after I expanded my territory to over 50 square meters was unnerving; I was not used to it.
I was used to the violence, the unceasing, relentless violence; the brutal crucible of Echoterra, ruthlessly pushing its victims to evolution or death.
Diplomacy? That one, I am not used to. It was new.
Diplomacy in this mad world felt so weird it felt like inverted gravity back on earth; it felt like inverting the laws of physics, and that was why I felt amused and slightly relieved on hearing this. Finally, the world was normal again.
I unfurled a few defensive vines, not as a threat, but as a reminder.