OOOHHhhhhhhh this was amazing!!!  You really packed some story into this!  That sense of resignation to fate, not necessarily wanting it but knowing the outcome.  Even justifying it - the quotas, of course they won't bother when they'll all be punished.  But then that end!!  Both sides working together... it warms my heart 🥺🥰

Oh, this brought tears to my eyes and a lump to my throat! So unexpectedly hopeful. :)

this was TERRIFYING and full of pathos and i lOVE that they end up working together!

What a terrifying situation!

And he is being realistic, he thinks, but his saviours defy his expectations.

This is fabulous! I'm sure that deal will end up benefitting them all. 

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Ooo0h! So chilling, and then... the beautiful light of humanity, be they elf or orc. What an amazing glimpse into the multifaceted life of Thangorodrim.

Ooh, I really liked the tension of that terrifying situation and the happy ending. The Orc is resigned to his fate, but he won’t forget that he was helped out, and that they did it even at the risk of not fulfilling their quotas. Well done!