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!
as she pelted me with endless questions, observations and random statements! I can seriously feel
shorter and shorter the longer the conversation went on. Eventually I just had to shout
Anything for relief!
enduring Vibrant's endless thirst for conversation in my absence, seeing as she's
even higher level. What saint like patience! What incredible tolerance for her
to move the colony once more.
killed so many members of the colony and
The problem is that you'll have to move across the surface if we are going to
moment before nodding. "I believe I will be able to sustain myself for some few days" she says, "I will let
you keep it to yourself again
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
had managed to hold herself in whilst I was speaking to the Queen but as soon as she begins to move away
"Where are we going?"
south, we need to
enraged. "Humans!? I
did this immediately become
we can get far
me know if
is asking you to die ok?!
doesn't seem convinced and shuffles about on my head a little more before moving onto her next line
are
Oh god.
As soon as the colony is assembled we are going to leave" I
"So why
….
Kill me.
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