Now, only Timothy and the spider remained, one glaring, the other watching with a curious, contemplative look.
Miebaka didn't concern himself with anything else.
He had achieved his goal.
As for the others? He hardly cared.
They couldn't leave without him anyway.
Or so he believed.
Well, not entirely.
Miebaka could leave if he wanted, it was simple geography, really.
Timothy opened his system panel, and sure enough, Gray was still evolving.
However, the display had shifted to a different tab:
[Silverback Termite (Gray)] — Evolving: 30:00:00:00
A full month and counting down
Timothy wasn't sure what triggered the change.
Maybe it was the spider's stomach, his gut had told him something was different once Gray was swallowed.
Or perhaps the system had simply taken time to finish calculating.
He took a deep breath and tried to connect with Gray.
The link was there, faint but present.
