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!

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

one, a friend of

their own forced to kneel on the ground at sword point whilst an elaborately armoured figure reclined in a chair next

could they possibly want?" Coolant wondered with

isn't here. There is almost a zero percent chance

of the golgari wanted to kill another golgari for some reason, why not let them do it? One less for them to fight when they made a push

don't understand," Sloan sighed. "Anytime something weird happens, it's usually to

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

need to move a little closer, I don't think I can extend a

"I'll arrange an escort."

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

think a thousand

"What do you mean?"

have a total of.." she counted quickly, "eight golgari over there. If we walk closer with a

Sloan rubbed the top of her head with an antennae. A thousand didn't feel like many to her. Then again, she

the delegation contained a healthy mix of mages, for raising shields, scouts, for detecting foul play, and soldiers, to hold the line

of the Colony,] she started off formally, [I have

communicated with each other for a long moment before

the High Blade Balta. He wishes

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, but she didn't let her confusion show. True to her