Chrysalis

Chapter 1110

“Look, I said I’m sorry.”

“Don’t talk to me.”

“You’re being silly.”

“Oh am I? The traitor doesn’t like my attitude to their betrayal? I find myself not caring very much. Weird.”

At the word traitor, Cobalt flinched back but her determination didn’t waver.

“They were going to build all over the place even if one of us wasn’t involved!” she declared, antennae waving wildly. “Someone had to get involved to make sure there wasn’t any damage to the overall design!”

“That’s fine! I’m not worried about that! I assume they approached you a long time ago, probably when we were building in the second stratum?” she made it a question and Cobalt nodded. “And you’re right, someone did need to make sure the integrity of our projects wasn’t compromised, I’m not upset about that.”

Cobalt made an odd figure. She still lay in the ant ‘bed’ tucked in under a rest-promoting enchanted blanket with a soft plushie resting under one leg. Interestingly, it didn’t appear to be the one of the Eldest which Cobalt had seen most often, but rather of the guardian, Tiny. Clearly they had decided to branch out with their plushie range.

Despite her gleaming carapace, impeccably brushed antennae and alert eyes, Tungstant looked anything but relaxed. She was irritated, and worse than that, quite hurt by the behaviour of her sibling.

Cobalt squirmed a little. She’d hoped, naively, that this day would never come. Of course Tungstant would figure out what they’d been up to. It had only ever been a matter of time.

“Then what are you upset about?” she demanded.

Tungstant kicked off her blanket, eyes blazing with outrage. She maintained her grip on the plushie.

“I’m upset that you kept it from me! Why wouldn’t we do this together, just like we do everything else!?”

Her compound eyes glared a thousand times at her sister, who ducked her head in shame.

“I… I thought you wouldn’t… want our work compromised like this. If I took the burden on myself, then you wouldn’t have to worry about it.”

swished her antennae

worked on the adjustments together, then it would still be our work. That is why I’m

from, Cobalt could

have kept this from

her bed and pulled her

long as you understand,” she huffed. “Now go away. I’m supposed to relax for another hour and you have a lot of work

see you when you come

“Maybe….” came the reply.

that she’d been able to mend the bridge at least a little with her sibling. They did all their major projects together, and working with Tungstant was the highlight of Cobalt’s day. The thought that it wouldn’t happen

but she didn’t return them. Rather than a fully fledged member of the organisation, she’d been an unwilling collaborator at best.

on the modifications together. Despite everything, Cobalt believed wholeheartedly that they had the

they

shook off her negative mindset as best she could and marched back towards the design headquarters. Mana thrummed through the air, rising in

to be

wall of scent buffeted her antennae the

advice on the south

“The digging teams….”

“Construction delays….”

“Materials shortages are making….”

“Spawns in the tunnels….”

“Steel reinforcement….”

“Dungeon vein removal….”

over her like a wave. Any normal ant would be left gasping by the onslaught, but she was used to such things. After a second to think, she was in

by the schematics

digging coordinator report to me as

to me about delays, talk to me about

the third stratum and have them provide an inventory. Our knowledge of available

the soldier patrols, I want them

manuals for the steel technique? Don’t ask me a

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