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!
could she climbed onto my head once again and practically danced with joy as she pelted me with endless questions, observations and random statements! I can
tried my best to answer her at first but my responses became shorter and shorter the longer the conversation went on.
Anything for relief!
predicament. I can only imagine that the Queen has been enduring Vibrant's endless thirst for conversation in my absence, seeing as she's
to an even higher level.
the Queen. "Mother, we need to move the colony once more. We aren't safe if we remain where we are. The humans will come again,
the creatures who killed so many members of the colony and wounded her, a faint anger can be felt from the
The problem is that you'll have to move across the surface if we are going to escape quickly
I will be able to sustain
ok?! If you keep it to
her antennae and begins to mobilise the workers to return to the surface. As she makes her own way to the enlarged opening they created for her to enter the layer of workers around her just shuffles along, maintaining their defensive positions as
managed to hold herself in whilst I was speaking to the Queen but as soon as she
"Where are we going?"
we need to escape the
"Humans!? I will die to
this immediately become about
or anything, we just need to move! If we can get far
me know if I need to sacrifice
to die ok?!
seem convinced and shuffles about on my head a
what are
Oh god.
move out. As soon as the colony is
"So why are your antennae so
….
Kill me.
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