Artratac Dursol was handling the crisis very well. It wasn't her first rodeo with the centipedes. Every once in a while, they would cause problems for Durter… This time, though, she was immediately suspicious of some foul play. The centipedes may be social creatures, but they definitely did not mingle with colonies that were not their own.
It was simple, really. They would instantly wage wars of extermination against one another, kill the opposing queen, and take the surviving workers as slaves and future food. There was no concept of cooperation between colonies. Every one of them was self-sufficient on their own. A single queen was the only pillar needed for a colony to exist.
Thus, the simultaneous and seemingly coordinated attacks of several colonies, situated in completely different regions of Durter? The Hierophant-Queen didn't believe for even a second that this could be a coincidence–Especially when it kept happening over and over again.
