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

this one, a

stood with one of their own forced to kneel on the ground at sword point whilst an elaborately armoured figure reclined in

Who else could they possibly want?" Coolant wondered

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

why?" Coolant asked. In her opinion, if one 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 for

might be some element at play that we don't

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

them?" Coolant offered. "I'll need to move a

"I'll arrange an escort."

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

thousand may

"What do you mean?"

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

rubbed the top of her head with an antennae. A

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 first gate, they very obviously stopped and parked themselves for a moment. Acting with great caution, Coolant wove together a mind bridge and extended it toward the trio

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

stone-people all communicated with each other for a

reincarnated ant. We want you to bring them here so that they may duel the High Blade Balta. He wishes to expunge the shame the creature has cast upon his house

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