Chrysalis

Chapter 670

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!

over them, rippling

this one, a friend

kneel on the ground at sword point whilst an elaborately armoured figure reclined in a chair next to him, watching all that occurred

Who else could they possibly want?" Coolant wondered with

zero percent chance that they don't know that! Surely!" Sloan

reason, why not let

the Eldest is involved, there might be some element at play that we don't understand,"

could only nod to that. It was true. For whatever reason, the Eldest gobbled down trouble like a Queen taking in Biomass.

me to reach out to them?" Coolant offered. "I'll need to move a little closer, I don't think

"I'll arrange an escort."

had a thousand ants ready to escort the mage closer to the enemy in a matter of seconds. Coolant

thousand may send

"What do you mean?"

total of.." she counted quickly, "eight golgari over there. If we walk closer with a thousand, might they think they are

with an antennae. A thousand didn't feel like many to her. Then

a 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 had covered half the ground toward the first gate,

behalf of the Colony,] she started off formally, [I have come to clarify exactly

other for a long moment before

to bring them here so that they may duel the High Blade Balta. He wishes to expunge the shame the creature has cast upon his house with

taken aback by this. This guy came all the way out here chasing the Eldest? For what? Some imagined insult? She couldn't possibly comprehend

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