Then came Antism.
When the Mind discovered her, the tunnels quivered with alarm. antisms
It began with Ant 734, a minor worker in the western tunnels. A stray spore of a rare "loner's lichen" infected her antennae. Suddenly, the hum faded. She could no longer feel the queen’s will. Instead, she felt herself : the ache in her third left leg, a memory of sunlight on her carapace, a sudden, pointless desire to stop . Then came Antism