《The Most Powerful Ant in the Universe》Chapter Five: Getting Stronger... Barely
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I allow some time for Joule to sulk before asking a question.
[What's this?]
I indicate the blue sheet with my antennae.
[That's your stat board. I finished quantifying you a moment ago.]
I look at it carefully, but I still don't understand any of the symbols.
[And what do these mean?]
A sound followed my question which I can only describe as an exhausted groan.
[You can't read, can you.]
Helpfully, I respond, [What does read mean?]
She's silent for a blissfully long time. Maybe that broke her.
[Okay. If you can't read, I'll just do... this...]
The sheet fades briefly, then comes back into focus.
It's a picture of me from the side, with arrows pointing at different parts of me. Each one has a bar next to it, only partially filled.
[Please. Please tell me you understand this.]
I briefly contemplate saying no and seeing if she goes away.
[...Yes.]
[Oh, thank heavens. I thought I was going to lose it.]
A spider appears. It seems to be the one I fought. Another set of bars appears next to mine. Most of them are lower than mine, except for one.
[What's all this?]
[These are your abilities when compared to the spider you fought earlier.]
My mandibles clack in appreciation when I notice one of the bars. Mine is incomparably higher than the spider's.
[What does that mean?]
[You ask a lot of questions, don't you? Anyway, that is your intelligence quantification. As I'm sure you've noticed, you are significantly more intelligent than most of the insects (or arachnids) around.]
I indicate the bar that I'm lower on.
[And what about this?]
[That would be your size.]
That makes sense. The spider was bigger than me by quite a bit.
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I return to her earlier words.
[What does...] I struggle to remember the word. [...allocate mean?]
[Ah.]
She seems to be getting excited.
[Whenever you eat something, such as that spider or the blade of grass, it is stored in your Void. Provided it has the required amount of potential energy, I can change it into Void energy and increase your abilities.]
I still didn't understand most of what she was saying, but I got the gist of it.
[Like size?]
Her attitude immediately sidelines into a more serious tone.
[The spider you ate had a decent amount of potential energy, but your conversion rate is awf- low.]
I feel like she was about to say something different there, but I don't really care.
[Is that a yes or a no?]
She processes it for a moment.
[Yes. But you may want to eat some more first. I'll be substantially altering your molecular structure, and that won't feel comfortable for anyone. In other words, it's not a process you're going to be wanting to do frequently.]
I consider her words. She talks a lot and seems to know what she's doing, but I still don't fully trust her.
[Turn all of it into size.]
She seems reluctant.
[With increased size, you're going to need increased muscle. I'd recommend splitting it if you're going to do it at all.]
My mandibles clack. Just get on with it!
[Fine. Do that.]
She responds tersely.
[Allocating energy.]
And the world turns red with pain.
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