Chrysalis

Coolant looked out from her perch next to the upper sally port of the great gate and felt nothing but confusion.

"Do you want to go tell him, or should I?" she said to Sloan who was clinging to the wall next to her.

The general shook her head, bewildered.

"I mean. They have to know, right? There's no chance that they don't know."

"I assume they know. I mean, what are the odds the two forces aren't communicating to this extent?"

"Almost none, surely. Such a lack of organisation in our foes would throw our plans way out."

"Hasn't this thrown them way out anyway?"

Sloan hesitated.

"That's… true."

The two of them looked out in silence for a few more moments at the totally unexpected scene before them.

"What do you think we should do?" Coolant asked, her scent as calm and unruffled as it always was.

"I don't know!" Sloan fretted. Why would these idiots perform this sort of moronic action now of all times? It didn't make any sense!

mental communication washed out over them, rippling through the ambient mana in the air

here, or this one, a friend of that creature, will

own forced to kneel on the ground at sword point whilst an elaborately armoured figure reclined in a chair

to mean the Eldest… Who else could they possibly

no idea, but the Eldest isn't here. There is almost a zero percent chance that they don't know

of the golgari wanted to kill another golgari for some reason, why not let them do it? One

is involved, there might be some element at play that we don't

gobbled down trouble like a Queen taking in

move a little closer, I don't think

"I'll arrange an escort."

to escort the mage closer to

think a thousand may send the wrong

"What do you mean?"

"eight golgari over there. If we walk closer

of her head with an antennae. A thousand didn't feel like many to her. Then again,

moment's notice. Sloan had considered things carefully and the delegation contained a healthy mix of mages, for raising shields, scouts, for detecting foul play, and soldiers, to hold the line in the event the others needed to retreat. Once they

behalf of the Colony,] she started off formally, [I have come to clarify exactly what it is that you

communicated with each other for a long

may duel the High Blade Balta.

Eldest? For what? Some imagined insult? She couldn't possibly comprehend the meaning behind