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!

rippling through

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

point whilst an elaborately armoured figure reclined in

the Eldest… Who else could they possibly

percent chance that they don't know that! Surely!" Sloan said. "… We

reason, why not let them do it? One less for them to fight when they made a push

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

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

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

"I'll arrange an escort."

mage closer to the enemy in

you think a thousand may send the

"What do you mean?"

If we walk closer with a thousand, might they think they are

Sloan rubbed the top of her head with an antennae. A thousand didn't feel like many

ready to flee at 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 Colony,] she started off formally, [I have

communicated with each other for a long moment before

ant. We want you to bring them here so that they may duel the High Blade Balta.

the Eldest? For what? Some imagined insult? She couldn't possibly comprehend the meaning behind such actions, but she didn't let her confusion show.