This also gave the five other Elders in the base the opportunity to upload their own souls into the Spirit Energy Network and violently smash him to pieces.
A millennium passed by, and whether it was The Great Elder, the five self-sacrificing Elders, or the other Redwood People, everyone's memories and desires mixed together, re-emerging over the long stretch of time. The ignorant, wriggling slugs once again transformed into fearsome parasitic creatures, beginning to construct a Worm Nest deep beneath the earth.
To reshape the 'Heart of the Swarm'.
Ian's eyes swirled with an aqua-colored halo, as he saw too many shadows within this Swarm… The Great Elder, the five Elders, each soul yearning to go above the underground, to the seas above, to breathe fresh air, enjoy the sunshine, and look up at the blue sky and stars.
The Swarm may be terrifying and abhorrent, yet the core of its nature, which assimilates life, is such beautiful 'longing'.
