Fortunately, with the sheep positioned like this, its legs mostly seem to rest fully extended, in a way that is sort of comical. The sheep gives a soft 'maah' but otherwise doesn't put up much of a struggle. Estinien moves on to the next foot.

"Better than I adapted to being imprisoned, at least," he says dryly. That experience had chafed on him from beginning to end. "'Twill be some time before we can determine whether or not Solvunn will align with our goals - and how the Free Cities compare. If there is some compelling reason for destroying the Singularity outright, I would be interested in hearing it."

Estinien has no idea how long any of this will take - it's already been much longer than he'd initially hoped. He's prepared to play the long game if he has to.