"I previously introduced two Sting Spiders and one Belly Worm. These three foreign insects, in conjunction with the Dreamweaver Ants, encircled and attacked the Pliant Worms."
"Upon sensing this, the queen, by all logic, would rapidly lay eggs and hatch Pliant Worms to resist the invaders. Even if the newly born weren't mutated insects, normal Pliant Worms could still delay the enemy's advance," Popota paused, "but it didn't do that; instead, it remained motionless."
"At first, I thought the queen had sensed the enemy's strength, acknowledged its own weakness, and fallen into despair. I even planned to withdraw the foreign insects, but then I considered that even in despair, the queen would try to delay things as much as possible, to live longer. Its stillness was a bit against the normal behavior."
