Chrysalis

Chapter 757

[Hmmmmmmmmm] the big tree blinks at me slowly a few times, as if surprised that I still exist rather than focusing on the question that I asked it.

I wait patiently whilst he inspects me but my patience is quickly running by the time he finally gets around to talking again.

[You look different,] he observes.

[Obviously, I've evolved!] I explode at him. [Can you explain to me why your plant-based parent is sprouting willy-nilly and soaking up gross mana around the place?! Do I have to ask every question three times or something?!]

He blinks.

[No.] He says finally.

I take a breath.

[So why aren't you answering my question then?] I grate out.

He looks at me with an almost palpable sense of pity.

[Because mother finds it amusing and so won't let me answer.]

The leaves and flowers that sprout from every surface around us seem to wriggle with amused joy and I slump where I stand.

[This might not be diplomatic of me, Mr Grove Keeper, but your mother is a massive pain in the thorax. Is she always like this?]

The tree nods in understanding.

I ask that you be patient with her. She hasn't had

leaves rustle angrily and the Grove Keeper holds up his

will say no more, but I think I might be able

and the giant

little about mother, which may be why she is reluctant that I share, but I do not see the

branch? I can get behind

smiles wide, the bark on

her roots can sniff out changes from quite a long range, and her roots spread wide. When

I ran into was a tertiary? So it branched from a secondary

The Grove Keeper chuckles.

not bother attempting to describe it to you. As for your other question, I will not reveal much other than to say that it is likely less than you think. Our Mother is not a normal tree, but rather a monstrous tree, thus she does not follow the

Keeper once again holds up his hands in

says to both me

I can tell they aren't happy. Can a

even know what kind it is, that your mother finds so attractive that she

overmuch. Suffice to say, Mother is an expert when it comes to containing and eradicating this

branches around

delicious,] the Grove

I raise an antenna.

[Delicious?]

[Yes,] he nods.

need

[This is true.]

during the siege, if not more so. What I don't see is nearly as many Bruan'chii. There are a few here and there, tending to the plants, engaged in what appear to be lively conversations with each other, but I expected to see many more. [Where are all your people, Grove Keeper? Has

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