The Druids called this small leaf "pitta."
It was probably a word from the Druid language. Druid Professionals had their own industry jargon, much like the secret codes used in the criminal underworld.
'I wonder if these environmentalists greet each other by complaining about how tough their work is.'
As many industries develop, they gradually give rise to internally recognized abbreviations and pronouns, eventually evolving into a language completely incomprehensible to outsiders.
The more complex versions even develop symbolic systems, used for written expression or as hidden markers in the wild.
Zog had noticed symbols written in the Druid language out in the wild before; they looked a bit like cuneiform.
Although he knew quite a few languages, the Druid tongue was definitely not one of them. There were no dictionaries or textbooks for it; to learn it, you'd have to catch a Druid.
