Dyapnids have access to the hive mind, which makes them fast, coordinated, and impossible to reason with. The last part is the relevant one. Intelligence implies the theoretical possibility of appeal — of being mistaken for something less edible — but Dyapnids have no such theoretical possibilities. Their mandibles reduce dense bone to fragments in under a minute. Their hive response triggers on movement. Standing still reduces your risk; running confirms your classification as prey. You will hear them before you see them. By the time your brain identifies the chittering as a threat, two seconds will have passed that you are not getting back.
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Syncarids do not consume the mind — what they consume is the programme running inside it: the accumulated decisions and self-preservation instincts that constitute a person rather than merely a body. At zero Murk, you will walk toward one without understanding that you are doing so, which does not feel like compulsion. It feels like a very good idea.
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