Ur-Im intended to approach communication from the front this time. He had more recent experience with incomplete communications.

Wur accepts that fact, but he must keep her within contact.

That was never in doubt.

And having settled that, I went in.

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They joined She Who Sleeps in her pod. And the One who was not, He Who Knows Where Things Are, reached out to her.

She reached back, and he simply sent, inquiry.

So due to an inibillity to communicate, he was communicating in the method of the young? Very well.

She is She Who Sleeps. Or as the young think. She, preserves, by, stupor.

inquiry, preserves.

But in this communication method, well, details, complex. Eh, he probably gets this as unclear.

Unclear, The other reached past him, and sent a garbled stream of consciousness, she did again and...

They were asking what was her role before she was She Who Sleeps?

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Inquiry.

She does not remember Maybe the memories are in one of these shards. But she does not have them.

inquiry, What is the role, She Who Sleeps?

This is not working, moment, shard. She goes deeper into her over-pod and retrives a few shards, images of the hive, it's layout, necessary roles, and maps of different shapes of the hive as changes and growth occurred. She hands them to the visitors, and waits.

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Her shards were even compressed in a method that is different from ours. But it is similar, and it is simple. I sent her a feeling of patience, and, from what I can understand we should take our time.

We examined the shards. The old maps, and the understanding of the content helped. But our oldest map was different from her newest one. There were once other roles, but there is no record of guides, only they who know where things are. There is...

I inquire from Wur. From Where is She?

Wur doesn't know, Wur does not think that the hive remembers.

She, Preserves, By, Stupor. She is preserved by stupor. The hive does remember, She is those memories.

Ah, So should she be brought to She Who Remembers? To They Who Remember The Dead? To They Who Remember War.

What does she know Of She Who Decided What is Forgotten? We know not how the hive will respond to her.

But she is one of us, the hive... The hive is more complicated than Wur prefers to think. It is a risk with the changes how the hive will react.

Ur-Im agrees. We shall see what can be learned from She Who Sleeps. And only once understanding is achieved can we reintroduce her into the hive. To extend the hive's memories, and to keep her thoughts understandable by those that come in the future.

So Ur-Im shall remain with her, and Wur shall be She Who Flies, and collect information and outlines of the hive when doing so. Does Ur-Im have enough material and shards to store his memories before the next stupor?

I have enough, Ur-Im has enough wealth to live a cycle and to have She Who Sleeps create more. He has sufficient wealth. So they shared Gratitude, and She Who Flies, went on her way.