Chrysalis

Chapter 786

"Explain to me please, why you would ever think that sticking your head into a blast furnace would be a good idea?" I demanded of the hatchling, still dangling from one of Crinis' tentacles.

"I wanted to see what it looked like inside!" she protests.

"Inside? Inside is nothing but fire, superheated gas and liquid metal!"

"REALLY?!" she goggles at me. "Sounds awesome!"

"Yes," I nod sagely, "it IS awesome. It will also melt your face off and you will be dead."

"And that's…. Bad?" she asks.

My mandibles clack together slowly.

"Do you need more time out?"

"… I do not."

"Then tell me that it would be bad if you died."

"It would be bad if I died."

"Good."

[Put her down Crinis.]

of the huge metal construction, lined with bricks, reinforced stone and enchanted on the inside to resist the insane temperatures. When it came time to

the base had poured the slag, a molten slurry of impurities that had bonded to the limestone, and out the other had poured the liquid iron which would be carted

go meet a particular

huge furnace area, picking my way between the many rows of smelters, furnaces and tracks for bins laden with ore as we walk into

and the tang of metal vibrate through my antennae as we enter, the tunnels around us alive with the reverberations of steel on steel. Nestled throughout these tunnels are the many workshops of the Colony, producing the various goods required by the ants and our allies. There's delicate work being done, fine wires of various metals intertwined and experimented on to see how well they handle delicate enchantments, as well as more massive projects, like gates for

inspect every ant at work and see what they might be up to, asking questions and generally being a pest. I tolerate it for a little while, but we

then, we need to move

the little one away in order to find the workshop of a particular carver who I'd promised I'd come and meet at some

How are you doing,

to see my massive frame looming over her workstation and clacks

a long time! And Tiny! Welcome back, my most successful customer! How did you like that armour I made for you, eh? I heard it worked out

but I'm getting massive waves of 'meh' energy from Tiny once I explain what she wants. Just looking at the bland expression on his

it for him," I

armour kept you alive. As in, you know, not dead?! Would you rather be dead, or wear

ponders for a moment. Then another moment.

moron!] I screech at him. [Just how low did you take your intelligence on this evolution? You kept it where

thumbs up, a wide, confident grin splitting his

stare at him

how high is

He raises two fingers.

to mean twenty, then you reduced lower than I left you with… but still

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