Chrysalis

Chapter 1192

Eeeeenid. Eeeeeeeeeeeenid!

“What in blazes is that?!” The former mayor of renewal sat bolt upright in bed.

Thiiiiis is the ghost of Anthoooonyyyyy. Whooooaaaaooooaaaaa.

“The what?!” The old woman boggled as she reached to her nightstand to grab her shawl and wrap it around her shoulders.

Yesssssss. I’m totally deaaaaaaaaaad. Spooooooooky!

“Oh pish, you irritating ant,” she scoffed into the empty room. “I’ll believe it when I see your rotting carcass in front of me.”

But I would get eaaaaaaaten. I mean, I have been eeeeeaten.

Enid rolled her eyes. As disturbing as it was to have the ‘Great One’s’ voice echoing through her room, or mind, it was hard to tell, he continued to be utterly dreadful at deception of any kind.

“You’ve been eaten, have you? How did you taste?” she asked, folding her thin arms across her chest.

Deliciooooous. Like a pluuuump roast chiiiiiiicken.

“How would you know how you tasted?”

By the look of satiiiiiisfaaaaaaction on my enemy’s faaaaaaaaace!

“And how would you see that if you were dead?”

With my ghoooooost vision. Ooooooooooooo!

He really was determined to try and make this work. Enid brought up a hand to pinch the bridge of her nose. It was bad enough he had to wake her up, but now he was starting to give her a headache.

“Would you stop being ridiculous?” she snapped. “I’m an old woman and I need my rest. If you want to play silly tricks and annoy people, do it to Beyn, he’d probably enjoy it, I simply don’t have the patience.”

A long pause.

could have been dead, you know. It’s

in a more

need to do is haunt me,] she thought back at him, but then wondered if he could hear the internal dialogue. There was no sense of a mind

Anthony? How are you talking to

don’t want

wouldn’t I want to know? Have you

be forced to compare yourself to

[Pass.]

[Exactly.]

and catch up with you, and I’ve been waiting for weeks now. Just what have you

you know. Fighting tier eight demons, battling the

come and visit an old woman

being a

tactful

know, right? I’ve been working hard

[I was being sarcastic.]

[Dammit!]

[Anthony…]

all right. I’m in the nest anyway, so I can be over there pretty quick. See you in an

you know where I

[Because… reasons.]

me

go

like the

See

dressed, unsure how that giant, idiotic ant was supposed to meet her inside the unfinished guest accommodation of the nest. It was quite understandable that this section of the fortress had been left unfinished, considering the ants hadn’t expected anyone to actually come down here and use these rooms for some time yet. She was

foot, but they refused any offer of apology. Seniority meant a lot to them, and

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