Taylor began conversing with THE Osmontian in a way that made Achilles genuinely marvel at her capability.
Most beings of considerable power who found themselves standing before something of this magnitude either performed elaborate deference or attempted to project confidence they did not possess, both responses communicating the same underlying awareness of the gap between themselves and what they were addressing. Taylor did neither.
She spoke with the natural ease of someone who had decided the most practical approach was simply to be exactly what she was.
It turned out that what she was happened to include a complete absence of performative... anything.
THE Osmontian had not destroyed her after the introduction. She had provided information about Vireth and the assembled force above them with straightforward efficiency, laying out the situation with accuracy.
