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"Yes, I know her." Mia's reply came slower, measured. "We trained in the same yard when we were small enough to think a spear was too big for us. She is loyal to the Ant Kingdom the way stone is loyal to gravity. She will obey the order above her, but she will care for her people too. If you let her go and if Vorak asks and tells her to attack you again, she will do it, even if it breaks something inside she values. She puts loyalty before sleep, before feelings, but not before friends. She will take the right step to defeat you. She is very cunning and a good strategy maker."
"Can I offer her to join me?" Kai asked. "Vexor and others saying, I should consider letting her join me. She will be a great help."
"No," Mia said, frank. "There are only two voices that can pull her out of the chain without breaking her: my mother — or Hoorius. The crown and the law. Mine might reach… because of the past, but only if I use it right, at the right time."
