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!

out over them, rippling through the

one here, or this one, a friend of that

ground at sword point whilst an elaborately armoured figure reclined in a chair next to him, watching all that occurred with an expression of detached boredom. Next to them a trio of

Who else could they possibly want?"

but the Eldest isn't here. There is almost a zero percent chance that they don't know that! Surely!" Sloan said. "… We have to talk to

her opinion, if one of the golgari wanted to kill another golgari for some reason, why not let them do it? One less for them to fight

there might be some element at play that we don't understand," Sloan sighed. "Anytime something weird

whatever reason, the Eldest gobbled down trouble like a Queen taking in

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

"I'll arrange an escort."

had a thousand ants ready to escort the mage closer

you think a thousand may

"What do you mean?"

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

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

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

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

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 has cast upon his house with his own

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