Chrysalis

[Yes, you] I snap.

Enid immediately stumbles forward until she reaches the side of the still sonorously praising one-armed priest.

I see her concentrate and then her voice appears in my mind.

[Wouldn't it be more appropriate to communicate with this man?] she indicates the priest, [it was he who led our people to this place].

This priest?! How the heck did he find me?! Does he have some sort of tracking device on me or something?! More likely he was able to follow our trail somehow but the bottom line remains, what the heck are these people here for? They certainly don't look as they've come to fight, judging by the number of women and children in the crowd, not to mention the sheer lack of arms.

[I will speak to you since I have had dealings with you before. Make it clear to the others I am speaking to you].

I don't want to talk to that guy. He makes me a nervous.

Enid take a moment to gingerly touch the priest on the shoulder and indicate that I am communicating with her using mind magic. Rather than disappointed, the priests face is overcome with enlightenment and he bows low before me, head nearly touching the ground, before he backs away to speak animatedly to the crowd. Nothing phases this guy…

[Enid. Tell me why these people have followed my family here to the wild lands]

After you vanished following the assault on the castle things settled down at first.

shivers then, her recollections are apparently still

and flames reached the so high it was sky was burning. We were terrified, nobody knew what to do. Then monsters burst out of the Dungeon and into the church, dozens of them. Some of the villagers fought for a time but

moment, unable to go on. I'm not as good at reading human expressions as perhaps I was before but

Only thanks to Father Beyn did we survive. He rallied the survivors and organised a retreat. We ran from the town with nothing but what we could carry on

her. [Without food or supplies, without knowing what was happening we decided to flee south. We heard word of the colony's passage as we travelled.

me in the eye I can see she doesn't hold much hope. Having interacted with me directly and taken part in the deception to save her village from themselves she knows that I am not an altruistic saviour from the Dungeon as the

If you aren't willing then you may as well eat us] she

Dungeon in short order, I need to prepare myself before the future generation of ant

the shocked woman, [tell Beyn I want him to get them settled make sure they don't interfere with the workers or approach the nest,

onto the others. The people appear glad to some extent, a little light returns to their dark and dull faces. With a little more energy and spring in their step they turn as Beyn, delirious with joy at being

no idea how she

Enid? Tell me what

have invaded the surface. The capital

would have been thousands of people trapped inside those walls. It isn't hard to

taught me a lot about his work. It isn't normal for monsters to approach the surface like this. Something strange is

To me, strange stuff has been happening ever since I arrived here,

the Garralosh Infants? Why bring