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!

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

this one, a friend of that creature,

golgari stood with 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

Who else could they possibly want?"

idea, 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

why?" Coolant asked. In her opinion, if one of the golgari wanted to kill another golgari for some reason,

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

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

move a little closer, I don't think I can extend a mind bridge

"I'll arrange an escort."

the mage closer to the enemy in a matter of

think a thousand may send the wrong

"What do you mean?"

counted quickly, "eight golgari over there. If

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

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 and parked themselves for a moment. Acting with great

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

with each other for a long moment before a reply

the High Blade Balta. He wishes to

came all the way out here chasing the Eldest? For what? Some imagined insult? She couldn't possibly comprehend the meaning behind such