Ruth lifted the pinhead size piece of fruit to her lips and took a bite. She stood on a stack of books on Koorgan’s desk, reading the document in front of him. Shaking her head, she gave up trying to understand how or why she could understand the strange characters. She finally decided it must have been part of the spell from the shell. After all, she could also understand what Koorgan, Gant, and all the others she had encountered were saying.
“Tell them ‘no’ on the lumber agreement. The amount they are demanding for the amounts they are willing to pay is ridiculous. Not only that, they have a clause that states they get an exclusive contract, yet if you look at the third paragraph, they are charging you an import fee that will reduce your profit margins by another three percent. Who are
