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Assessment by the prince's assistant - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder-074

"This deck doesn't have nearly enough land. And is this a Mesa Falcon?"

"Sir, we were talking about the fairy situation?"

"His highness's deck has a Mesa Falcon in it. The fairy situation can wait."

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- Brave sir Elliot faces the... flock, I guess?

- Kindly old Rich, what a guy!

I was intentionally going for "a bit rude" with "flock", but I'm not sure what, if anything, I would have used in its place other than "group". "Group" doesn't sound fancy, and I'm trying to be a fancy writer person, so I'm genuinely going to look it up right now as I'm writing this.

…A "bevy" of women? According to Merriam-Webster, one definition of bevy is a large group or collection, and it can also refer to a group of animals, in particular quail, which are migratory game birds…

If you say so, search, but I think I'm going to explore my options if it ever comes up again.

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Steven Karp

Highly recommend “The Synonym Finder” by J.I. Rodale for situations like this. Among the suggestions for “group”: drove, bevy, swarm, shoal, clique, and covey