The flesh bug stumbled into the hall and bumped into the opposite wall. It cried out, "Skree!"
Jarvis could feel a sensation of the creature's emotions. Shock rather than pain. This strange connection made him even more unsure. Seemingly the creature also noticed Jarvis' emotions and its voice croaked, "Fa. . . ther?"
Yielya took a step back, "Jarvis. . . ? What did you do?"
He lacked the words to answer this. It felt simple the more he thought about it. He sacrificed one of his beloved tames to experiment with Heresy. This was just the simplest and most truthful answer. Yet now he found the words he just couldn't say them.
This mixture of guilt and doubt was relayed to the flesh creature. Its eyes rolled and locked onto Yielya, "En. . . emy?"
