Chrysalis

Chapter 589

Though the Queen probably wouldn't describe herself this way, to Enid, she was quintessentially a grandmother who was tired of her children and grandchildren fussing around her. To the elderly mayor of Renewal, this was something she could immediately empathise with.

[It's irritating when they don't take your word at face value, is it not?] Enid asked.

The Queen nodded, a dip of the antennae, in ant body language.

[I am frustrated when they claim on the one mandible that they have the utmost respect for my wishes, and on the other they go behind my back to circumvent me at every turn.]

[I wouldn't put it that way, Mother!]

The antenna twitched and Coolant fell silent, again.

[I wouldn't have been able to participate in the siege of Rylleh had Vibrant not told me about it, something I assume that she was specifically told not to do. This is exactly the sort of thing I'm referring to.]

The Queen's gaze was calm and still, yet Coolant could do nothing but wilt in the face of those implacable eyes. This was the ant who had raised the Colony up from nothing, literally by herself. Where it not for a quirk of fate, the respect afforded to the Eldest would instead fall on this individuals shoulders. There was little the Council could do when confronted by their mother directly, which is why they tended to scheme behind her back in an effort to keep her from harm's way.

feeling sorry for the poor mage and stepped in to redirect the

that it is important to remember that their concern comes from a place of love. They do not wish for you to come to harm, because they

glare before she could pipe up again and get herself thwacked. Where had the intelligent and calm negotiator gone? Enid could only lament. It appeared that being exposed to their mother turned all of the ants’ brains to mush. The Queen, for

the egg production I provide would need to be replaced. This is something that our family has the ability

she'd come to adopt this role of conflict resolution between the ant council and their parent, but Enid found herself enjoying it immensely. If Anthony were here, would he squirm

Enid and the old woman once again stepped in

individual is new in the Colony, but it is quite common amongst all the Sapient races, not just humans. It is also natural for most organisms to feel a bond to their parent, just as a parent feels a bond towards its children. I'm sure you

an antenna in

fussing about and let me serve the Colony as best I can. I will not

do a better

floor as both the Queen and the human mayor turned against her so suddenly. Out

is your view

Antionette and Victoriant had both, wisely, chosen to avoid that conversation and instead moved

he turned to

fair whack me on the head.

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