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Old 14th May 2008, 06:45 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Re: Creating a (very) cliche world?

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Originally Posted by chrispenycate View Post
I take it amnivores eat the afterbirth, not the placental sac off it's occupanr. Now, that is a specialised niche.
I did have a recipe for fairy cake that started "First catch five or six medium-sized faries and carefully remove their heads".
In an environment where sentience is so widely distributed, wouldn't you get sapient parasites? Sort of like physiologically adapted civil servants?
Sounds like a poor recipe to me Crisp. The heads are the tastiest part. Unless it went on to serve them as a side dish 'delicacy'.
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