Plate XXVII – Snieven (From Field Guide IV)

(As decreed, the Royal Naturalist and Master of Teleology, kept a log of all creatures that we captured and ate.)

This beast, Gruzer snievienus, of the bird genera was captured in great abundance but firing cannon into trees and knocking them senseless. After washing, they are thrown whole into a large boiling pot with brackish legumes and granular material for harsh roasting. After the resulting slimes are drawn off, the potage was fed to those captives awaiting retribution for failing to accept the true following and denying of the supremacy of the True One. Soon, they were eager for the knife and the sacred waters and we prayed for their redemption, although they rarely heard our supplications on their behalf for their screaming