Ypsi knew that she had to keep her illiterate lackeys in good spirits. Zayin and Xi were delighted about their elevation to the middle row at the Underwood. Wynsi was flapping his wings at the prospect of an alliance with Qopha. Vynsi was basking in his mate’s glory and practising whiffling to prove that he could fly upside down to look like Alpha. The lovestruck Wynsi was practicing the role of Casanova with a paper rose clenched between his teeth and humming, “Quando, Quando, Quando?”
How the despot keeps his flock together
