"Hee hee... I recall the Master once saying: before we can conquer the outside, we must first secure the inside!"
"While the continental plates are expanding, the wild insectoid populations outside our borders are also exploding. Now is absolutely not the time to march out and conquer."
A crisp, youthful voice—laced with just a hint of playful mockery—rang out, drawing everyone's attention to Lorelia.
Had they not known the bloody history of Lorelia's rise, anyone looking at the Cave Spider Queen right now would easily mistake her for a harmless, innocent human girl.
"Can't you feel it?" Lorelia asked. "Oh... my apologies. I forgot. You aren't insectoids. You can't sense the raw, pulsing thrill electrifying the air!"
