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 climbed onto my head once again and practically danced with joy as

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!

been enduring Vibrant's endless thirst for conversation in my absence, seeing as she's

has risen to an even higher level. What saint like

we need to move the colony once more. We

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

problem is that you'll have to

nodding. "I believe I will be able to sustain myself for some few days" she says, "I will let you know when the feeling of

ok?! If you keep it to yourself again you really might get

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

herself in whilst I was speaking to the Queen but as soon as she begins to move

"Where are we going?"

south, we need to escape

became enraged. "Humans!? I will die to

this immediately

If we can get far enough south they won't want to follow

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

you to die ok?!

convinced and shuffles about on my head a

what are

Oh god.

out. As soon as the colony is assembled we are

…. "So why

….

Kill me.

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