"Oh! Hello there Mother… I, uh, didn't expect to see you here!"
"In the brood chambers, child? Where else would I be?"
I can almost sense another thwack coming… The first one really hurt! She's had a serious increase to her physical stats since her evolution. I rub the top of my head with an antenna as I quickly ponder my response.
"Wherever you want to be, Mother?"
THWACK!
Ouch!
"You wouldn't be suggesting I would skip out on my duty to the Colony, would you?"
"Of course not! Who would ever think of such a thing?!"
Dangit, Mother! My poor head! What did I even do? Turning around to face my overbearing parent, I take a chance to see how she's been faring. She looks fine, no wounds or scarring to mar her carapace. That ever-present twinkle in her eye is still apparent, as is the unusual level of force she's able to generate with her antennae. There must be a 'mother' perk buried in the system somewhere that grants bonus damage when disciplining children, otherwise it just doesn't make sense.
"If you're mad at me, Mother, then please just tell me what I've done," I capitulate.
on the
you, child. I am pleased to
funny way of showing it…"
didn't
It's nice to see you in such good health! Managing to get
Colony for a daily hunt in order to secure my own Biomass. The prey in the nearby tunnels is becoming
actually let the Queen out for hunts? Not that they could stop her, I suppose, but yikes. I'd love to have seen the council members' faces when they realised the Queen was going to leave their fortress of a nest and run around in the
assume you
The Queen sighs.
want to say no, even if I do think it's a bit of a waste. Those children could
She shouldn't.
I think if you were to ask, you'd find that every member of your escort is more than happy to be there. I'm
member of her guards was carefully chosen to be the best at what they do. No way the council would leave the health
the little grubs, ensuring that each is fed and cleaned, ready to take on the next step in their lifecycle and
at the young, "are we still making
taken through the
good. I was a bit worried that they'd get slack once the population started to explode. Must be hard for them to rustle up
really are a lot. I don't even know how many eggs are being laid each day
that the creation of two new nests is being planned in order to
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