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!

them, rippling through

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

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

to mean the Eldest… Who else could they possibly

There is almost a zero percent chance

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

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

the Eldest gobbled down trouble like a Queen taking in Biomass. The end result

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

"I'll arrange an escort."

ready to escort the mage closer to the enemy in a matter of seconds. Coolant

think a thousand may

"What do you mean?"

a total of.." she counted quickly, "eight golgari over there. If we walk closer with a thousand, might they think they are

a thousand is too many?" Sloan rubbed the top of her head with an antennae. A thousand

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, to hold the line

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

all communicated with each other for a long moment before a reply came

them here so that they may duel the High Blade Balta. He wishes to expunge the shame the creature has cast upon his house

insult? She couldn't possibly comprehend the meaning behind such actions, but she didn't let her confusion