Pharynx:
Estimate (noun): a rough or approximate calculation.
Consider that. Cool your fins. Use your brain. You do have a brain, don't you? You haven't removed it to make room for more muscle?
I gave you estimates. I'm not going to come back to the hive and hold your hoof just because you think I'm taking too long. This is a new way of doing things and ponies can hardly be trusted to act in a timely manner... and you know as well as I do that changelings competent enough to run a full infiltration operation on their own are hard to find.
The railway surveying party will reach the border soon. I've included another copy of the estimated route, in case you've lost yours. And I will repeat for you, again: I am expecting of you that their time with our 'local guides' will be entirely uneventful. They will be unhappy and nervous from the effects of magic deprivation. Don't use it as an excuse to terrorize or feed on them. We need to get this done before winter really sets in to start construction in the spring, and I've already had to stretch just to get this group to agree.
If you want to remain my regent, you'll do this properly.
Continue regular updates.
C.