POBee 124.2 - The First Ex-Bee-dition!
The Fourth of the Seventh paused. She was currently in the mini-hive beyond the King’s realm, preparing to set out, but something shifted in the back of her mind. There, in the link to the children back in her main hive, she felt a new presence.
“Fourth of the Seventh?! Can hear?!”
A huge chunk of mana reached her, twisted into a dance by the communer that sent it. The Fourth of the Seventh’s antennae twitched and then she began to dance, the communer beside her converting the dance into mana to send back.
“First of the Fifth’s First Daughter?”
“Yes! It worked! Joined Fourth of the Seventh’s hive’s mana thanks to drone! All thanks to Fourth of Seventh! Amazing, incredible!”
The Fourth of the Seventh began a happy dance. She wasn’t entirely sure what was going on, but it seemed the First of the Fifth’s First Daughter was happy, so that was reason enough to celebrate. And it sounded like the drone she rescued did something too? She was happy he found something to do then!
And when she looked more closely, she found she could now see through the First of the Fifth’s First Daughter’s eyes, just like with her own workers! She could see her first communer glowing and passing along the First of the Fifth’s First Daughter’s mana. The drone was there too, taking mana from both hives’ workers and twisting it together. She sent her mana to them all.
“Amazing! Incredible! Great work!”
She then turned back to focus on her present surroundings. Her workers and soldiers were formed up outside. One flew in and danced a salute to her, the signal that all was clear. With that, the Fourth of the Seventh crawled out of the mini-hive, started beating her wings, and took off into the air. For today, she was joining the scouting party.