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!

once again and practically danced with joy as she pelted me with endless questions, observations and random statements! I can seriously feel

my responses became shorter and shorter the longer the conversation went on. Eventually I just had to

Anything for relief!

has been enduring Vibrant's endless thirst for conversation in my absence, seeing as she's the only other ant capable of talking back to the

has risen to an even higher level. What saint like

we need to move the colony once more. We

creatures who killed so many members of the colony and wounded her, a faint anger can be felt from the

that they won't follow. The problem is that you'll have to move across the surface if we are going to escape quickly enough. Do you think you

will be able to sustain myself for some few days" she says, "I will let you

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

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

speaking to the Queen but as soon as

"Where are we going?"

need to escape the

"Humans!? I will die to protect the

immediately

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

"Ok then. But let me know if I need to

asking you to die ok?!

seem convinced and shuffles about on my head a little more

what are we

Oh god.

as the colony is assembled we are going to leave" I

why are your antennae so funny

….

Kill me.

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