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It's not like the Bug Empress wanted to give humans some breathing room...
She, above all else, knows just how terrifying humans could be, especially when they're give time and resources. Humans don't cling to the past, they honor it by pressing forward, even if it means leaving a burning trail behind them.
Alas, as much as she wanted to continue harassing them, she couldn't. At least, not recently.
Around 20 years after Pelle's return from his failure, something unexpected happened to The Horde.
Cain, the Bug Empress' youngest, suddenly fell violently ill.
He woke up in pain and agony, he writhed in the bed, crying and calling out for her help.
And as her sweetest, most pitiable, and kindest child she ever had, of course the Bug Empress will do everything to save him.
Cain was the favorite of the family, everybody knows this. And it wasn't just because he was cute, but because he was innocent.
