Crack!
"You damn fat pigs! Quit squirming!"
"Remember, there's only one rule in the cannon-fodder troops: absolute obedience! Anyone who tries to disobey—well, I'll have you sliced up and fed to the cave spiders!"
As Dirtclaw whipped the newly conscripted boarfolk slaves, he rattled off the code of conduct for the cannon-fodder units. These boarfolk, having just been herded in, weren't quite broken in yet. Their proud heads needed to learn to bow down to the northern creatures they once despised.
"Y'know, I think Dirtclaw's a natural-born leader in the cannon-fodder troops," Earthshaker remarked, speaking in Onyx's presence.
Onyx was officially the one in charge of these troops, so Earthshaker wasn't trying to offend him; he was simply praising Dirtclaw.