Chrysalis

“Be careful, Tribune. The monster may attempt to manipulate your thoughts.”

Morrelia frowned.

“I’ve received mental fortitude training and raised my Skills to the commander level,” she said evenly. “I will of course remain vigilant nevertheless. Thank you for your diligence, Legionary.”

[What’d he say?] Anthony’s voice echoed in her mind.

[They’re still worried you’ll manipulate me,] she sighed.

[I mean… is it possible to communicate in any way without allowing for the chance of manipulation? I’ve seen what the brathian do to people with just words. It’s not pretty.]

[You know as well as I do that a mind bridge allows for more than just communication. How did you defeat Garralosh again?]

[Ugh… I’d rather not remember, to be honest; that was nasty. Alright, this is the place.]

The ants’ forward operating base wasn’t anything special, yet. There were hundreds of carvers still working on it, and she knew full well what miracles they could accomplish.

[Are there really rooms in there for us?] she asked, a little sceptical.

[Of course! We’re an accommodating group of insects. Unlike your Legion.]

Morrelia felt a pang in her chest.

[Are you thinking of the bolts we shot at you?]

[Of course I am! While I was falling out of the sky as well. That’s such a cheap shot.]

a

the Legion is to protect people from the

regard her directly, the many lenses in

or anything, you don’t run the Legion. I get that you lot are doing what you think is best to protect people. It’s the right goal, just the wrong target. But hey, I don’t think I’ll ever convince the people who run your outfit of that, so it is what

relief. At least he wasn’t going to hold it against her personally, but he wasn’t

to know,] Anthony continued, [is what you think. Am I a threat to

on the spot, hitting right at the heart

since the Cataclysm. There is tremendous value in it, yet… I still struggle to imagine the

by the Colony, and we’ll

at the Silver

sucked out of the massive monster and he slumped to

about that…. That whole

[Was? So it’s resolved?]

no,] Anthony muttered darkly, [not by a

legs. To have such a large monster moving so quickly right next to her was unnerving, to say the least. It was hard to believe this

you get any bigger, you’re going to have trouble fitting into the nests,] she

is what you came for, right? You want to know how we’re going down in

said,

tasks around her. It was clear the Colony was only beginning to

working on this above?] she asked.

[The initial invasion force is being prepped above. It’s going to be around

[A million?!]

condescendingly. [We aren’t going to make any progress being half-hearted about it. Here, take

over to a separate area where a group

I don’t know why they