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!

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

the reincarnated one here, or this one, a

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

the Eldest… Who else could they possibly

idea, but the Eldest isn't here. There is almost a zero percent chance that they don't know that! Surely!" Sloan said.

In her opinion, if one of the golgari wanted to kill another golgari for some reason, why not let

element at play that we don't understand," Sloan sighed. "Anytime something weird happens,

was true. For whatever reason, the Eldest gobbled down trouble like a Queen taking in Biomass. The end result was something good, but

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

"I'll arrange an escort."

ready to escort the mage

you think a thousand may send

"What do you mean?"

there. If

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

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

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

stone-people all communicated with each other for a long moment

We want you to bring them here so that they may duel the High Blade Balta. He wishes to expunge the shame the creature

rather 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 the meaning behind such actions,