Before I’ve even finished speaking Tiny releases a ravenous howl and dives directly into the vertical tunnel, right on top of me! My plan had been to drop into the roof of this tunnel and scope it out a bit before taking any action. Instead I get pushed down the tunnel by a sheer weight of ape mass that propels …

I’m so damn hungry! As I human I never would have expected that digging would be so tiring. Although, unlike when I was a human I’ve been able to move a hell of a lot more dirt. With my excavation skill targeting my instincts and my mandibles acting as a movable super shovel,  I can really smash out some tunnel …

Donnelan was exhausted. The young fire mage has been repeatedly rung dry over the last twenty four hours, expelling every ounce of mental effort until his mind felt as if were on fire and blood had started leaking out of eyes. Blood! Right out of his eyes! When he’d turned to the centurion in charge of his section to indicate …

This stupid wave! Just how threatening does it have to get? I’m already a wrecked heap. A heap I say! Now the veins are extending into the escape tunnel, which will surely cause monsters to spawn right under our feet! An addition we have to deal with these unknown threats from below? It’s enough to drive an ant crazy! Ok.. …

After several hours of weary defence Tiny awakes, his wounds mostly healed and the fire in his eyes rekindled. So exhausted I can barely form the thoughts I tell him to defend the entrance until I wake up and retreat further into the tunnel where I collapse flat on my face. Torpor comes over me like a warm embrace. Like …