Delphi was actually quite pleased with what happened at Recycling, although he hated to lose Barbak.

     He now knew where to aim his bees.

​     Delphi controlled their every move. He could aim them all at Tika, if he wanted to.

     He chose not to go in that direction.

     Instead, he sent thousands of bees into the Cellars directly beneath Hrrm's Hive with instructions to sting anything that moved, anything alive.

     Frankly, he was sick of The Cellars. It was The Cellars, after all, that produced this monstrosity that now so completely ruined his day. 

     No, he instructed the bees to kill anything they found.

     Maybe, maybe, when Tika's corpse appeared, he'd show mercy on whoever remained.

​     He doubted it, though.

​     No. This child, this Azurian, had truly pissed him off, and, for that, Tika and everyone else he could get to in The Cellars would have to pay.

CONTINUE