Chrysalis

"Look, it might not have turned out how you expected, but you've still done a lot for the Colony. You can't let this keep you down forever."

"…"

"I mean, is it really that painful? Being alive? You've given yourself a whole new opportunity to fight for the Colony and help your family. Think about all the difficult struggles and hard work that we have in front of us, you'll be able to be there and shoulder your part of the burden. You might even have the chance to face down an opponent stronger than yourself once more and… you know… die… again… over and over."

"Are you making fun of me Eldest?"

"Would I do that?!"

"Yes. The healers have been laughing at us for a week straight."

"Hey, I'm not like them, alright? I want you to be happy, I just don't want you to get killed trying to achieve that."

"What if that's the only way that I can achieve happiness?"

"Then too bad. You think we worked so hard to bring you up to tier six so you could go ahead and die after one battle? You must be outside of your head, Leeroy!"

THWACK!

weren't you trying to cheer me up?" she protests trying to

Oh, right.

annoyed when I see you sulking. Your siblings are all working their butts off and you're lazing about feeling sullen because you're still alive! How ridiculous

just want to serve the family in their own

once. I made it clear to you soon after you were hatched exactly what I thought of that. Well, I suppose in the end you've got your wish, you'll be able to die

evolved. I can finally understand the waves of hilarity that the healers have been experiencing since the news

of work, a very expensive gland to be sure. From what I understand they didn't buy it but instead were offered it as part of the evolution they chose. As a consequence of so much value being put into this one element, the rest of their evolution was fairly sub-par,

the organ to charge up. It takes time to build the energy necessary to 'resurrect' them from near death and return them to perfect health, the organ simply can't remain that charged permanently, it'd break down in minutes. The

Toughness, making them extremely durable. On top of that, the armour

that this happened to Leeroy

thought it, but the Immortals have actually turned into a powerful and

do and soon enough there'll be more fighting to do. If you keep wallowing in your own self-pity then I'm going to pick you up and drag you around the third stratum myself. If I even hear from someone that you've been slacking off then I'll return from the edges of explored territory

the soldier remains flopped on the ground, a dejected example of an

says as she starts to pick herself

a critical eye, one antenna still raised