The Arkuit leaders grew even more skeptical. They were concerned that invading their mountain's body for the sake of something as nearly worthless as roesel (literally, "pot metal") would anger Sleeping Isvyerg and trigger a fiery response from her inactive volcano.
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Ivan spoke to the mountain. He reassured Isvyerg that if she didn't like the mining setup, it would be dismantled and removed. This seemed to impress the village elders; they withdrew for a hasty conference, then allowed the demo to proceed.
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Darrel was oddly philosophical. "I guess it's good news/bad news," he said the day the proto-bore was complete. "Their mountain spirit might screw the deal, but they really don't get how valuable this stuff could be. If Isvyerg smiles on us, the Arkuit won't care what we do with the ore as long as they get some of the gems. "
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That attitude decided Rhys. He refused to negotiate a contract that allotted all or most of the ore to Tanaka and only sixty percent of the gems to the Arkuit.
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Vladimir Zarber arrived within a day to take over the talks. Rhys and his companions were "excused" from the negotiations, which meant that Rhys's only insight into the ongoing talks was through Ivan Terezov, who found it difficult to withhold information from Yoshi.
