Miss Neera tried for a perfunctory smile, doing her best to hide her tingling nerves. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Mearsheim. Your reputation precedes you."
"Mmm, well, come in," the old woman gestured her in with a smile that didn't reach her aged eyes. The mild translucence of her body betrayed that she was part evolutionary. Though that was entirely irrelevant to the domineering presence she exuded.
Knowing who she was dealing with made her larger than life to Neera, causing her to break out into a cold sweat as she remembered everything about the woman.
She had come to power during the Era of Darkness during the Beast Incursion; her company had achieved the most success with extracting esoteric resources from fallen beasts and monsters. She seized the revolutionary opportunities produced by the Unfolding and the True World, and was also the first to race to space during the Era of Expansion.
