As much as the crafter wanted to leap into further work, to practice each and every new pattern she'd learned to tease out all of the little morsels of information that could only be learned through application, she knew she couldn't. She was the first Blacksmith to reach the rank four Skill and therefore the first to unlock the new Skill specialisations, which meant she had certain obligations to the Colony.
She packed away her tools and shut down her workstation before stepping into the tunnel and hunting down the organiser. The ant turned to her with a quizzical tilt to her antennae.
"I didn't expect to see you out of your room. I suppose you must have ranked up Blacksmithing?"
The crafter nodded.
"I did," she confirmed, "and I have a few new Skill options to report."
"Excellent news. I'll fetch the brood tenders."
She scurried off, leaving the crafter to wait. Thankfully, it wasn't long before she returned with a pair of eager brood tenders who took over the moment they entered the chamber.
this the crafter? How wonderful! Well done, sibling, we're very proud of you! The very
as well! We'll have to go through your status in detail to ensure we can pinpoint the conditions.
natural that the tenders took responsibility within the Colony for studying and documenting the System, since they were the ones most involved in teaching it, but their mothering nature slowed the process down significantly. It was several hours later before the crafter, near her limits, was finally able
burned unending and the ring of clanging metal sounded again and again as she worked in a fever. Her mad spree was only brought to an end when a team of five workers forced their way into her workshop (she'd barred the door) and dragged her away
a bit was little more than a blur in her memory,
was something
of time," the supervisor told
"I'm closer than
resources you're consuming has increased, with
of her mandibles, the supervisor indicated the sheer amount of armour bits
me to source materials for you. If you want to continue this project, then you need something to show for it, and soon. The voices of those who
how are we supposed to develop something new without experimentation and failure?
uncover new branches of knowledge it was necessary to test, test and test again. Hundreds
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