The Bane stepped onto a large stone platform in front of a crowd of diggers and rebel humans. He smiled and spoke in a deep, commanding voice. "I never thought diggers essential, they're crude and unspeakably plain, but maybe they've a glimmer of potential, if allied to my vision and brain. I know that your powers of retention aren't as bright as a shiner's backside, but thick as you are, PAY ATTENTION my words are a matter of pride." He leaped into the crowd and patted one on the head. "It's clear from your vacant expressions, the lights are not all on upstairs, but we're talking kings and successions. Even you can't be caught unawares." He walked past a rebel human, her eyebrows raised. "So prepare for a chance of a lifetime. Be prepared for sensational news, a shining new era is tiptoeing nearer." The rebel shook her hair back from her face and looked unconvinced.
"And where do we feature, Bane?" She asked; placing her hand on his lowered snout and facing it towards her, she had a lot of nerve. He picked her up by the arm and smiled.
"Just listen to teacher, I know it sounds sordid, but you'll be rewarded, when at last I am given my dues, and injustice deliciously squared. Be prepared!"
A boy piped up next to the girl the Bane had just dropped. "Yeah, be prepared…why?"
"We can't live without a king forever, can we?" The Bane smirked and continued, but the girl continued.
"Yes, we can! Great idea! Who needs a king, or queen, like that nasty Luxa, anyway?" she looked to her apparent brother and the two started dancing in circles and singing "No king, no king, la la la la la la!" before the Bane knocked them over with his tail.
"IDIOTS! There will be king!"
The boy piped up again. "But I thought you said…"
"I will be king!" He snarled, Twirltongue nodded from the back of the cavern with a smug grin on her face, this was working how she had planned it from the moment she knew about the diggers.
The rebels and diggers grinned evilly. "It's great that we'll soon be connected, to a king who'll be all time adored."
Twirltongue let out a small laugh at the way this was all turning out; she would be queen! She would be queen! And Pealpelt didn't even suspect her of it. This was too perfect!
The Bane continued, "Of course, quid pro quo, you're expected, to take certain duties on board. The future is littered with prizes, and though I'm the main addressee, the point that I must emphasize is; you won't get a sniff without me!"
The crowd was close to uproar, Twirltongue would cheer, if it would not give her away. Pearlpelt jumped back onto the platform, watching the crowd jump and laugh wildly. He silenced them, partially, so that they would nod and yell in agreement occasionally. "So prepare for the coup of the century, be prepared for the murkiest scam, meticulous planning, tenacity spanning, months of denial, is simply why I'll be king undisputed, respected, saluted, and seen for the wonder I am! Yes my teeth and ambitions are bared, be prepared!"
The crowd and Twirltongue joined in. Oh this was too perfect for her plans! With diggers on her side, she couldn't lose! Ha-ha! "Yes our teeth and ambitioned are bared, be prepared!" the mix of humans and diggers laughed evilly and she chuckled, it was time for gnawers to be feared again! And Pearlpelt was going to do it all for her.
