RUMBLE!!!!!
Even as Garg was assaulted with attacks that heated it from afar and up close, a single thought reverberated through the conscious planet's mind.
Untenable.
The conscious planet had known for a while now. It had been known for a while now that its current position was untenable. But what could it do? It was not in the nature of a planet to be free and mobile, not even a conscious planet. By its very nature, it was an anchored being.
Must Relocate.
Its thoughts existed in the integrated information that existed between it and the rest of the body, interacting through electromagnetic fields. Its consciousness was fundamentally different from the consciousness derived from bioelectricity or bioluminescence that was often found in complex chemistry.
It also had a profound impact on the nature of its psychology.
