Indeed he had managed, and for a while there was a looking around amid the warriors. It was not normally their task to carry things back to the colony, and this was a silent power struggle. At last a small collection of them gathered the fruit and started off, leaving behind the one that had been speaking to Dustin and the smallest of the Warriors.

[Come now to speak to the Queen,] stomped the one that had been dealing with the Gifter until now.

[If you can make a tool for us, the Queen will like that more,] the smaller said with quick steps before starting forward with the first speaker. Clearly Dustin was getting an honor guard now.