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!

communication washed out over them, rippling through the

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

gate, a procession of 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 that occurred with an

Eldest… Who else could they possibly want?" Coolant wondered with some

Eldest isn't here. There is almost a zero percent chance that they don't know that! Surely!" Sloan said. "… We have to talk

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

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

reason, the Eldest gobbled down trouble like a Queen

to move a little closer,

"I'll arrange an escort."

scuttled away and had a thousand ants ready to escort the mage closer to the enemy in a

thousand

"What do you mean?"

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

a thousand is too many?" Sloan rubbed the top of her head with an antennae. A thousand didn't feel

soldiers, to hold the line

formally, [I have come to clarify

each other for a long moment before a reply

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

what? Some imagined insult? She couldn't possibly comprehend the meaning behind such