diplomacy
“What many fail to realize is that much of the art of diplomacy is not haggling; it is antihaggling. That is to say, it is not to clarify and define a price, but rather to obfuscate and obscure it. “This is why we do not draw lines in the sand.
ammonium-breather
From: Dirigent Suzíët Melantha (IDC/Hanth Cluster Desk) To: vrin-san-telk (Cluster External Affairs) Subject: Re: What are these for? With regard to the above query: While technically classed as ammonium-breathers, you should be aware that rntrugg metabolism functions by the decomposition of ammonium- and nitrate- based polymeric sugar-analogs into nitrogen.
diplomacy
(So, I believe I promised y’all a story? Here it is. One 496-word piece of speculative flash-fiction, coming right up.) So, gentlesophs, you’re all familiar with how things work in the Associated Worlds, or at least in the broad consensus of the friendly Associated Worlds. You live there,