245. Inconvenient, A Scent

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[[A Campon soldier enters Juni's office]]
Valya: You are Officer ME-LI-RÓ-SU?
Juni: Hm?
Juni: Oh, you must be Valya. I was told to expect you. What can I do for you?
Valya: I come on behalf of Campon hive Tzernikov. Mother grows concerned about Sasha.
Juni [happily]: Oh? I can't imagine why. Your sister has been a model student, and is even nearly done with her doctorate. You should be proud of her; I am!
Valya: That is the problem. It has rejected our value system by ascending in the ranks beyond its intended purpose.
Valya: You will remind it that if it does not return to hive Tzernikov it will be considered an outsider. This is a significant inconvenience for our pheromone protocol.
Juni [irritated, and stressing Sasha's gender pronouns]: Well, I'd hate for her to inconvenience you. I'll let her know you came.
Valya: It smells of you.
Juni: Yes, I'm sure she does. Good day.

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