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

one here, or this one, a friend of that

armoured figure reclined in a chair next to him, watching all that occurred with an expression of detached boredom. Next

have to mean the Eldest… Who else could

Eldest isn't here. There is almost a zero percent chance that they don't

another golgari for some reason, why not let them do it? One less for them to fight when

element at play that we don't understand," Sloan sighed. "Anytime something weird happens, it's usually to do with the

trouble like a Queen taking in Biomass. The end result was something good, but

"I'll need to move a little closer, I don't

"I'll arrange an escort."

mage closer to the enemy in a matter of seconds.

thousand may send the wrong

"What do you mean?"

golgari over there. If we walk closer with a thousand, might they think they

is too many?" Sloan rubbed the top of her head with an antennae. A thousand didn't feel like many to her. Then again, she was an ant. "I'll send

should be fine. Shortly thereafter a procession of a hundred and one ants cautiously advanced toward the golgari delegation, 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,

started off formally, [I have come to clarify

communicated with each other for a long moment before

so that they may duel the High Blade Balta.

was 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