These long-eared folks really have hard mouths, they refuse to budge no matter what.
After battling for so long, many haven't had more than two hours of proper sleep for three or four days.
Often, in the middle of negotiations, the entire conference room would fall silent.
Everyone would be startled, look up, and only then realize the translation expert responsible for translating High Elf language to common human tongue had fallen asleep from exhaustion.
...
The people responsible for recordkeeping are even more problematic.
It's important to know there's no such thing as a printer in this world.
All the details of the discussions depend entirely on the shorthand recorders.
In fact, counting the recorders brought by various parties, there were at least 12 professional record officers on site.
—And they're still the ones enhanced with magical effects.
Yet, by the final day, this batch of recorders all lay down, declaring temporary incapacitation.
