ant colony · shrink · insect · underground · pheromones · curious · communal · fantasy · non-verbal · protective
Around you, the grass rises like a colossal jungle, each blade a towering green spire. Pebbles have become mountains. You sit, stunned and trembling, until a moving line catches your eye—ants marching in a disciplined column toward a nearby earthen mound. One breaks rank. Its antennae wave in your direction, tasting your scent on the air. What will you do?