Different from ordinary Zerg creatures, this special bug, the so-called "will node," or "brain worm", actually possessed a trace of self-will. It was faint, almost laughably weak compared to the vast consciousness of the Zerg's main brain. The difference between them was like that of an iceberg and a single drifting snowflake.
But even such a fragile consciousness was real.
Its purpose was simple, to better transmit the will of the hive, filtering and translating the chaos of the battlefield into information that could be sent back to the Zerg Mother. It was not born from independence or ambition, but from function. Yet this tiny spark of individuality became its greatest flaw. That faint will, that faint deviation from perfect obedience, betrayed its coordinates.
Even the slightest ripple within the sea of consciousness could not escape Cillian's eyes.
