The Hive Queen's primary face…the one she used for most direct communication, scrunched in concentration that would have been adorable if not for the rows of teeth that briefly became visible.
"The fundamental restructuring of existing biological matrices, especially in beings who have already achieved stellar transformation... it's not something I've attempted. My swarm members are shaped during their birth, not altered after they've developed independent consciousness."
Then, like sunrise breaking across her features, excitement bloomed. "But that's what makes it interesting! I have done a lot…designed weapons that exist in many spatial dimensions simultaneously, designed organisms that can survive inside collapsing stars, even fabricated beings that exist as miniature stellar bodies. But this would be unique!"
