Zagara: "ah yes I see, that is quite an intense ritual, it seems Ghashyr to great care in determining whose worthy of the throne, oh no your curiosity is most welcome it shows a desire for knowledge, yes Formics have 5 traditions or rituals if you will. The first is a celebration of sorts that starts after a Queen or Male Formic is emerges from their 2nd cocoon fully matured although the process for Queens is more extensive. The second involves Queens choosing their mate. The 3rd originates from an idea the previous Swarm Queen which states that any non-sentient creature that is related to us should become part of the swarm & brought to its highest potential. The 4th is a sort of graduation when a Queen has mastered the Formic Psionic discipline, but this does not mean they have learned everything in the discipline (Zagara looks at Rokarr for a moment & turns back to Myranda). & the 5th is by far the most complex for it involves choosing who the next Swarm Queen will be."

Rokarr: "Mother has been the Swarm Queen since our home was destroyed, thus such an event has not happened since the previous Swarm Queen was chosen many cycles ago"           

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Kilysa has the Harvesters stop absorbing the fire storms for now seeing that it only caused the pattern to shift, analyzing the firestorms movement patterns & attractions she has the first Harvester ignite an emp wave into the path of the firestorms to see if anything changes in the storms behavior. She starts thinking of other experiments to conduct. She doesnt yet know any of the mastery level techniques of Psionics, so she asks her mother if there are more advanced methods to utilizing lightening.   

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(You know im starting to think of Dune, its the spice isnt it, lol jk)