Dragonfire Station 00: The Cost of Business by Zen DiPietro

Author:Zen DiPietro [DiPietro, Zen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“No, no, no. Stop dropping your shoulder,” Cabot instructed. “That’s contrition to a Briveen, and entirely the wrong message for an introduction ritual. You want him to trust you, don’t you? Now, begin again.”

Like a chastened schoolboy, Morris began again, bowing, making gestures that were mostly correct, and reciting the required speech. Cabot steeled himself to remain pleasant. When Morris finally stopped, Cabot unclenched his jaw and forced a smile.

“That was better. Let’s move on to the completion-of-business ritual.”

“Oh, come on,” Standing burst out. “You’re making this up.”

“I’m surely not. You’ll need, at the very least, these two rituals. I’m debating on teaching you the attrition ceremony, in case you should bumble the introduction horribly.”

“We won’t!” Standing practically shouted, his nerves on edge from the three hours of practice he’d already done on the first ritual. He took a breath and continued. “We’ll get these two right. I swear.”

Cabot knew they wouldn’t get them perfect. Every head tilt and every finger movement meant something in a Briveen ritual. But they might perform well enough for an over-eager Briveen to accept, so long as they did nothing egregious. And if they committed a horrible faux pas, an attrition ritual wouldn’t be enough, anyway.

“All right. Just the two ceremonies. Let’s get back to work.”

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