It's one thing to read about something and anticipate how it works in real life, but it's another thing entirely to actually see it in action; that thought is one of many spinning through Dustin's mind as he watches the Queen's Warriors and Workers function as an unspoken, fluid unit to carry out her will.
Pheromones, most likely. Telepathy? Have we seen examples of their writing anywhere? How many replicator rations would it take to build a gene sequencer? Dustin's eyes widen and his pupils dilate like a cat's. They have fucking genome editing tech?!
Wordlessly, Dustin rocks off of his knees and folds his legs in front of him, barely giving himself enough time to get his fingertips back on the ground before trying to tap a response.
[I brought my own food,] he says, almost as an afterthought, then nearly trips over his own fingers in his excitement to ask, [Have they noticed accelerated degradation of genome records following storm anomalies? Specific species of plants? Have you been able to reverse the process?]
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Pheromones, most likely. Telepathy? Have we seen examples of their writing anywhere? How many replicator rations would it take to build a gene sequencer? Dustin's eyes widen and his pupils dilate like a cat's. They have fucking genome editing tech?!
Wordlessly, Dustin rocks off of his knees and folds his legs in front of him, barely giving himself enough time to get his fingertips back on the ground before trying to tap a response.
[I brought my own food,] he says, almost as an afterthought, then nearly trips over his own fingers in his excitement to ask, [Have they noticed accelerated degradation of genome records following storm anomalies? Specific species of plants? Have you been able to reverse the process?]