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

adjustments together, then

was coming from, Cobalt could only

sorry. I shouldn’t have kept

back into her bed and pulled her blanket up once

away. I’m supposed to relax for another hour and

I will. I’ll see you when

“Maybe….” came the reply.

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

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

fact, they’d be delighted to have both of them working on the modifications together. Despite everything, Cobalt believed wholeheartedly that they had the best interests

they

into the normal sections of the nest, she shook off her negative mindset as best she could and marched back towards the design headquarters. Mana thrummed through the air, rising in density every hour,

had to

wall of scent buffeted her antennae the

advice on the south gate

“The digging teams….”

“Construction delays….”

“Materials shortages are making….”

“Spawns in the tunnels….”

“Steel reinforcement….”

“Dungeon vein removal….”

cacophony of scents washed over her like a wave. Any normal ant would be left gasping by the onslaught, but she was used to such

you by the schematics in five minutes,

coordinator report to me

talk to me

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

want them

Don’t ask me a question you can get

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