Chrysalis

Odren, the Father of Monsters, oldest and first amongst the Ancients, we beseech thee.

Grant us freedom from the prison that binds us.

Preserve us from the creations of your power.

Watch over and protect us with your omnipresent sight.

Save us from ourselves.

- Prayer of the Cult of Origin

Lost in my own thoughts, the next few hours blow past without me really noticing. The Colony finished setting everything up, setsulah arkesh came and haggled over everything, mostly the jewellery, also the end table, then it was time to pack up again.

The only thing that really jolted me out of my thoughts was when the table in question was eventually purchased. As the winning setsulah claimed the prize on behalf of his ka’armodo, he decided to open the drawers to make a full inspection of the purchase, only to recoil in surprise when a demon sprang loose.

Uncoiling himself and leaping in one smooth motion, Odin bellowed his fury, blade arms flashing with murderous red light.

[Anthony! I’m coming for your head!]

I swatted him out of the air with my mandibles.

I could have sworn you

were made to the client, of course, and Odin

stay on the mountain home of the ka’armodo, Desert Basin, has come to an end.

think that way! Expecting everything that happens to turn into an unmitigated disaster in one

to happen, but the revelations from Rassan’tep should be enough to fulfil the excitement quota. I don’t even know what it means for me, this so-called Truth. Is there an option where I become

from Royal Road.

me from the Call? Perhaps the best solution is that I help raise another monster to the position of Ancient, then there would be no reason to keep this

if I was certain the Ancients escaping wouldn’t destroy the planet. This is too much for my poor aching brains, I’m not built to worry about things

all of these concerns to the Council until I know more. There’s nothing they can do about any of this in the present moment, and the Colony has enough things to worry about. Securing

be a wonderful supplement to our own harvesting efforts, ensuring more young ants can grow and evolve with

we can see about

water. The nest is torn down in short

crew works around me. There’s a lot that goes into getting a ship like this to move the way they

main thing I need to focus on is not slapping any of the crew

I told them to look in every cabinet, which was clearly my mistake. I had no idea

blood for lesser insults than this! My

attempting to lash out, but suspended above my head in his own little gravity well, there isn’t

let it go. We are out on