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!

she 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

my responses became shorter and shorter the longer the conversation went on. Eventually I just had to shout "I need to talk to the Queen!" and started ignoring her

Anything for relief!

seemed slightly amused by my predicament. I can only imagine that the Queen 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

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

emotions I speak to the Queen. "Mother, we need to move the colony once more.

of the colony and wounded her, a faint anger can be felt from the

The problem is that you'll have to

question for a moment before nodding. "I believe I will be able to sustain myself for some few days" she says, "I will let you know when

you keep it to

wave of her antennae and begins to mobilise the workers to return to the surface. As she makes her own way to

to the Queen but as soon as she begins to

"Where are we going?"

south, we need

"Humans!? I will die to

this immediately

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

little mollified. "Ok then. But let me know if I need

to die ok?! Its

on my head a little more

are

Oh god.

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

why are your

….

Kill me.

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