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!

them, rippling through the ambient mana

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

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 an expression of detached boredom. Next to them a trio of mages worked together, supposedly sending out the mind

have to mean the Eldest… Who else could

There is almost a zero percent chance that they don't know

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

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

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'll arrange an escort."

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

a thousand may send the

"What do you mean?"

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

her head with an antennae. A thousand didn't feel like

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, they very obviously stopped

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

communicated with each other for a

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

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