Chrysalis

Chapter 162

It's been two hours now and the little worker just. Won't. Stop!

"Why is your carapace so shiny?"

"How'd you get so big?"

"Can I do the magicky stuff?"

"Isn't talking FUN!"

"What are you doin'?"

"What are you doin' now?"

"Do you like eating? I think it's the best!"

"Should we dig something? I love digging!"

And on, and on.

It turned out the little lump on her back was Crinis who seemed delighted to grab hold of my antennae and migrate onto my back. She even quietly spoke up, saying [Welcome back master] after she'd settled onto my carapace.

So polite! Her voice was very soft and reserved, not at all like the image of the full grown JellyMaw I remember.

All that effort I spent making her more intelligent seems to have paid off! It'll be nice to have a pet I can have a decent conversation with. Tiny is great at the whole silent companionship thing but isn't much for a detailed conversation. Only thing is the little pet seems extremely reticent, no matter how I prodded I wasn't able to get any more words out of her.

Maybe she's just shy…

Vibrant on the other hand…. Apparently the bizzarre hatchling doesn't seem to struggle with this public speaking.

She won't shut up!

joy as she pelted me with endless questions, observations and random statements!

best to answer her at first but my responses became shorter and shorter the longer the conversation went on. Eventually I just had to shout "I need to talk

Anything for relief!

only imagine that the Queen has been enduring Vibrant's endless thirst for conversation in my absence,

esteem for the Queen has risen to an even higher level. What saint like patience!

need to move the colony once more. We aren't safe if we remain where we are. The humans will

many members of the colony and wounded her, a faint anger

you'll have to move across the surface if we are going to escape quickly enough.

my question for a moment before nodding. "I believe I will be able to sustain myself for some few

you tell me ok?! If you keep it to yourself again you really might get killed this

her own way to

to hold herself in whilst I was speaking to the Queen but as soon as she begins to move away she pipes up

"Where are we going?"

need to escape

enraged. "Humans!? I

did this immediately

don't need to die or anything, we just need to move! If we can get far enough south

mollified. "Ok then. But let me know if I need to sacrifice my life

is asking you to die ok?! Its

and shuffles about on my head a

are we

Oh god.

move out. As soon as the colony is assembled we are going to leave"

…. "So why are

….

Kill me.

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