She smiled knowing she would be in the company of her master and Tiny.  This gave her confidence that she wouldn't be alone and would have the company y of those closest to her. "Thank you" she whispered. Truly grateful that she wouldn't have to trek alone.<br/><br/>"This changes nothing master." She said when the Priest King left. "I want to be here with you." She didn't want to return to Earth any more. She liked her life and her role she fit into, why would she leave that behind?<br/><br/>The baldheaded man did not startled her this time, rather it was quite expected as they were led down the hive to the mother's chambers. The two large drones still unnerved her, but she kept that to herself and breathed as they entered the mother's chambers, dropping into slave stance once more infront of the mother. She uttered nothing but noted that the Mother was much larger than the rest, all these bugs everywhere gave poor Kyla shivered, not from the cold but being surrounded by that which she feared.<br/><br/>She looked at Daniel from the corner of her eye unsure what to do and waiting for him to address the matriarch rather than her. After all it's how it always went and she couldn't see herself being the one to actually greet the Mother.<br/><br/>Tiny sat beside Kyla calmly nuzzling her from time to time even though he knew she wouldn't respond. It was his way of keeping his scent on her and making sure others knew he had claimed her as his companion. The reassuring softness of his cheek kept her from being too nervous as drones moved in and out of the various doors taking care of the newborns. It was exactly how she pictured a beehive or an ant colony, except the bugs were huge and seemed to be their protectors.