"If one of our storytellers tried this one we'd have laughed him out of the hogan for nipping at the mead a bit to hard," Grim Eyes said, "but I've seen my fair share of unbelievable things lately, and I'm not sure why I would hallucinate a roomful of hairless apes. And slime."

No, she didn't seem to realize that 'hairless apes' was a ridiculously offensive comment. Tact, not Grim Eyes' middle name.