Bab 386: Uti and Qingyan

Two consecutive reports had Uti in a thunderous fury. He first directed his rage at his table, then jumped from his high chair, and paced back and forth.

In order to disguise his short height, he had had the expensive golden silkwood chairs and table specially modified. The three-meter-tall chairs even required escalators to get onto. When Uti sat upon it, it made him seem a dignified judge presiding over court, seated high above the masses.

Uti loved looking down on other insectoids. Perhaps this was a problem that all short beings shared. They cared a great deal about the height of others, afraid that those taller viewed them with contempt.

However, today, in his high chair, Uti felt that he was sitting on a bed of nails. He went up to the front of the tent and walked back and forth with his short, small legs.