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In the depths of the Bug Empress' consciousness, she actively sought out the mystical and, frankly, unreasonable curse that plagued her children.
As domineering and deadly as Greg's postmortem curse was, it's ultimately unable to affect the Bug Empress at all. She was on a different plane of existence already; her authority far surpasses what Greg's curse could handle.
However, that doesn't mean that getting rid of Greg's postmortem curse was easy. This wasn't the Bug Empress' specialty. Sure, she should be able to get rid of it eventually, but it's still going to take some time.
And the longer she takes, the more of her children suffer from it.
Greg's sacrifice caused the ceaseless discharge of bugs to visibly stagger, a result that was clear for all to see, and its effects weren't limited here; it transcends time and space, also causing immense suffering to bugs far away from here.
