Chrysalis

Chapter 1222

[Anthony,] Granin greets me shortly with a perfunctory nod.

Corun and Torrina are a little more excited, the former giving me a broad smile and the latter a more reserved wave.

[Well if it isn’t the rock trio. What’s been happening in your lives?]

[Trying to avoid mana sickness,] Granin says, [and this isn’t helping much.]

The big golgari is a massive unit, almost tall enough to look me in the eye, even now, his granite coating shifting and folding as if it were truly his skin. I’m still not used to being bigger than him, to be honest. I’ve outmassed him since I met him, but being able to see the top of his head without climbing a wall is a new experience.

[How does it feel to be a midget?] I tease him, prodding his shoulder with an antennae. [Beside a mighty and enormous monster such as myself, you barely register on the scale.]

Granin, shockingly, actually laughs.

[You think you’re a big monster? Compared to what I’ve seen, you’re like a speck. Don’t get too big for your carapace, you’ll be dead before you can blink.]

[So… I’m immortal?]

[You know what I mean!]

Aaaand the grouchy is back. That didn’t take long.

[Look, I’m sorry, I didn’t bring you down here just to be annoying. I wanted to consult you about my pets and ask if you’d had any ideas about my progression. I’m ready for another round of mutations, got some Skill points to spend, so I thought I’d check in.]

runs a hand

come down to the fourth more or less permanently, but it’s

extremely painful,] Torrina says, matter of factly. [Many of your human soldiers and priests are attempting to do the same, but it's proving

unmodified person can tolerate,] Corun chips in brightly. [People who were born this deep are better off, but if the

waves his hand to dismiss

idle speculation, and regardless, it won’t come to that. The people won’t abandon their holdings down here, they’d rather drag the entire stratum up to the surface

you guys even

up

you have them underneath the

three of them

It’s like asking a human

exterior layer. You can cut me some slack. Now, let’s get down to business. You guys said you had some good ideas for me, and surely you’ve cooked up something since

Corun reaches into the satchel he’s got strapped around his hip, pulling out what appears to be a thick ream of paper. Before I can run away, Torrina

out the documents!] she hisses, mentally, for

Sorry. I worked hard on

to run away! Don’t show

Granin coughs.

don’t need to go over any of that, it was for our benefit.

a rehearsed presentation,

legs creeping

of them reply with a

to trust them… for

idea. It’s a powerful ability which the System is clearly ready to capitalise on, given some of the options you’ve talked about. So we want to create a set of mutations and organs that will play to the strengths of your gravity mana, whilst also being generically strong. Overspecialisation

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