Chrysalis

This is one huge pile of food… there's no way I can fit it all in! I kind of want to call my pets over and have them indulge as well, but I feel bad about it since the Colony has gathered all of this for me. I guess I'll dive in and if there's any left when I'm done I'll make sure the others get their fair share.

[Alright gang. Get some rest but keep an eye out. I'll make sure you get your food later, alright?]

[Yesssss,] Invidia says but I can see his eye blazing with green light as he eyes off my food.

[Yes, Master,] Crinis says, happy to attach herself once more to my carapace and allows her shape to blob.

[Hurrrrr…] Tiny growls, the saliva pouring from his mouth as he openly gnashes his teeth as if eating already.

[That's gross, Tiny! Just move over there, alright? We ate a bunch of demons in the tunnels not that long ago. Mutate or something.]

With my badgering, he finally turns his back on the feast and sulks in the corner. Five minutes later, he's asleep.

[Alright then, Granin. What's the first thing you want to discuss?] I sigh as I start to tuck into the mountain of food.

[The Rescindic Principle, obviously.]

the heck was

in,] Torrina breaks in, [it's going to be one of the most important

likely to be a few built into the choices you get when you evolve. If you have a clear picture of what you want, then it'll be easier

grumble, [so what's the best choice? Is there a reason I shouldn't just reset everything and get a totally awesome new body? Just get it all over

resisting by sheer force of will. Corun doesn't quite succeed and

here in the Colony and they pump me full of Biomass,

that there will be many options available only to second and possibly a few from third strata monsters when you evolve this

a whole lotta Biomass. Four hundred and fifty five? For each mutable part of my body? That's… insane. I'd have to eat through half a strata to amass that. And at tier six, it'd have to be the third strata at that. Although the Colony could pour resources into me, the thought of that

more efficient strategy is to cycle critical body parts and reset them every few evolutions, if you get that far. Think of everything you consider the most important parts of your body and divide them into three groups. Cash in one set now, one set next evolution

keep eating as I think over what she said. The sheer Biomass cost of resetting my entire body has pretty much pushed me away from the idea. I mean, I could do it, but to get that much food into me would mean I'd probably be still trying

said there were

as Monster Dysmorphia. Which is to

first strata, a monster's body is more or less straightforward and the way mana