>>6033938The form is taken, and censuses already planned, although one of the Aphid mages does speak up.
"I do wish to say that the individual ant drone doth have mind and manner of their own. I myself hath personal desires, ambitions and goals. It is simply that our 'hivemind' is a byproduct of rapid, nigh instantaneous communication; a manifestation of a collective psychic gestalt formed from the will of thousands of individuals. At any given moment there may be many different decisions and deliberations to be made, and differing opinions on how to resolve them. All ants have access to all information provided by everyone at once. All facts of the case made available, at least what is known to even a single ant, and access to all resources. Mathematical calculations are made and double checked by every aphid in the hive, witnesses are interrogated on the spot through memory sharing, and all projections presented to every member of the hive and fact checked. Eventually, and very quickly, consensus is reached as everyone typically wants to choose what is perceived as the best outcome.
What I mean to say is, in our own way, we are firm believers and regular practitioners of the merits of democracy, for we liveth every day with it. We simply do so as efficiently as we possibly can."
However, the ants will agree to limited voting rights as needed in this understandable trial period.
