Thomas was surprised to see the event unfold before his very eyes. The farmboy only familiar with basic things. To the small man, all of this stuff was utterly foreign. Was the creature about to eat the other?
As Largemouth was about to devour Monolith, she stopped, looking around for some time, before spotting the small man. "No spectators." She reached for the human, in an attempt to grab him.
To say Thomas was frightened beyond comparison would be an understatement. He'd suddenly be perceived as a spectator. Not that he knew what one was. And all he was trying to do was get home. "Please. Noooo!" the three inch man begged as he tried to run in the opposite direction.
"You can not escape the judgement. I am the Forge's will. Your Universe is my playground." Largemouth's body began acting like a blackhole, trying to suck Thomas back to her. She started moving towards him, the pull getting stronger as she approached the human. "Face your fears. Stare deep into the abyss."
Judgement? But what had Thomas ever done wrong? The only reason he was out here was because he'd been cast away by a jealous woman. And now it was a feminine entity that wanted to take him? Well. A woman had brought him into the world. Perhaps it was only fair one took him back out. You wouldn't be able to tell him that though. Tommy screamed as his tiny body was no match for the pressure. Soon being sucked off the ground and into the air. "No please .. Don't hurt me.." Thomas only thought he'd been having a bad day before meeting this chaos.
"Identify yourself, tiny mortal." Largemouth looked at the Monolith. She put him down, but increased the gravity around him. If he attempted to escape, he'd get pinned down. Then, the celestial being's attention turned to Thomas, waiting for a response.
Thomas had no idea what force he was up against. Though hearing her command clearly, Thomas stuttered out a nervous response. He was panic stricken. "T... Th.... Thomas..." was all he could gasp out as the man was now facing her. This celestial being. He was barely old enough to be called an adult. Hardly mature. Still feeling himself suspended in the air.
"Do not be afraid, little one. We will not hurt you. Our duty is to study and record, create, fix and destroy." She squeezed his body, in an attempt to check how hard his body would be. "Soft, as expected. You are made of flesh, like other mortals, right?" She glanced at Monolith. "And what should we do about you? Should we erase you? Or should we steal some of your mass?"
It was easier said than done. Largemouth was absolutely massive. And what she'd started out by saying and doing, had hardly brought him the warm fuzzies. Though, after a mental pause. Regardless. It wasn't as if he had much of a choice. Gulping hard. He decided to trust her. Barely blinking. Stuck between fear and shock. He grunted at the squeeze. But she didn't hurt him. He didn't know what to make out of this whole thing.
"Are you friendly or enemy? Do not lie, or your body will be shredded and absorbed by us." She leaned forward, her face now really close to Thomas. He could feel the cold air around her, the oxygen inside his lungs slowly being sucked towards her body. She was the space itself, cold, airless and with a neverending hunger. Largemouth looked at Monolith. Her core began to shine. "Silent, error. You are next."
Thomas_Thumb blinked at Largemouth as she continued to speak. How could he answer something like that? He'd never even seen someone like Largemouth, let alone began to relate with everything she was asking. She seemed so intelligent... what was the real education of a farm boy who wasn't even allowed to do most tasks? "I... I don't know what you mean ma'am. I... I'm not from the area. I'm from a farm. Was talken tah paw, just earlier. This woman. A farmhand at daddy's farm she, cast me out. I'm lost and alone.." he answered honestly. With the effeminate creature's face so close to him, it only made the three inch male feel that much more vulnerable and small. He couldn't lie to her even if he wanted to, he didn't know how. He'd never told a single lie in his entire life.The air cut him to the quick. He coughed and gasped as she slowly stole his air.
She released Thomas, letting him walk around on her palm. It was like being able to walk on top of the universe. He could see the planets and stars inside her, constantly shifting and moving. Occasionally, planets would blow up and generate blackholes that consumed nearby stars before vanishing. Largemouth looked at Monolith. "Your punishment starts now." She reached for the beast, picking it up once again. This time, she didn't hesitate, throwing him inside her pitch black mouth. The monster floated around inside it, being pushed and tossed by the darkness as she chewed. Even though her insides were a separate dimension, her chewing caused the whole place to shake and tremble.
Thomas_Thumb flinched as he closed his eyes, expecting this to be the end. How pathetic. A boy who was born small, who had lost his mother in child birth. A lad who hadn't even met a kind woman in his entire life. To being sentenced to death, before his life had a chance to be lived... or so he thought. When he wasn't torn into shreds though, some few moments later.. still feeling alive, Thomas dared to slowly but surely open his eyes. What he found surprised him sorely. He couldn't believe what he was seeing, feeling or watching. His young virgin eyes, his existence, leaving him so wet behind the ears in so many ways, he marveled. Who was this being? He began to see beauty, where he at first felt fear. Though midst contemplation, he paused at the gawking of his seeming walk over the universe, falling flat on his butt as he laid witness to seeing 'error' taken into Largemouth's mouth, only for her to begin her mastication over him. His jaw dropped as he felt fear inside, unable to move again. He was about to speak before, but now he didn't know what to say.
"We shall not allow you to use that trick again." She brought one of her claws to the exact spot where Monolith was. Piercing her own body, she used the claw to reach the beast. Once close enough, the claw stabbed him, with the intent of stopping his magic by making him lose focus. After doing so, she pulled the claw back, the blood on it being sucked inside her body. Largemouth then swallowed. From outside, Thomas could clearly tell where the beast was by the outline it left on her throat. She raised her hand to her throat, a finger following Monolith as he descended towards her stomach. Her core was burning brightly. Stars seemed to gather around on her belly.
Thomas_Thumb was about to start out by screaming as he watched, but he felt helpless to do so. It seemed like for him he was in an impossible situation. At least for the moment Largemouth's attention was drawn away from him, and placed on the Corrupted_Monolith. Still that didn't ease his thoughts much, it could be him at any time, he'd seen the celestial switch its attention at the drop of a hat. Seeing everything play out, the blood, the devouring, it was... so much to take in. At first he was somewhat disgusted, even petrified. But the more he watched, the more the young man found a brief amounts of joy in what he was seeing. Watching an effeminate thing find pleasure in her consuming. At least it seemed like that. While he didn't know much of it, he remembered bits and pieces of his parent, his deceased mother, smiling. Like brief pictures and faint at that, almost as if they were dreams. What other reason would the Largemouth have at tracing her prey's descent than pleasure? Thomas would see an entire creature going from mouth to throat to stomach, and then nothing in what felt like the blink of an eye. Not but a star structure, at least.. in it's place. This all seemed so impossible, nevertheless, it was happening. "Am I ... dreaming..." he said just over his breath.
"No, you are not dreaming, little one. We are very real. And even if you were asleep, we would be there. You belong to us." She replied. Largemouth gulped one last time, Corrupted_Monolith being sent to her stomach. This time, she had adjusted it so it looked familiar to the beast, as she tried to keep it calm and prevent him from teleporting away. The monster fell straight into a puddle of plasma disguised as acid. The splashing noise reverberated through the walls. The sound could be heard from outside, albeit faintly. Gas rushed up Largemouth's throat, being released from her monstrous mouth in the form of a glowing cloud of radioactive substance and cosmic dust. She looked at Thomas, studying his expression. "You feel scared, yet happy from watching as the beast was consumed. We can not understand why. Elaborate, and do not lie."
Thomas_Thumb thought deeply. Very little of what Largemouth said brought comfort or resolution. It mostly only left him confused at her intelligent and infinite IQ. She asked such questions that merely made him marvel. She was miraculous in so many ways. Hearing and seeing her gulp, one more time, and as he could guess, that would soon be the end of all things for 'error'. Regardless. He was snapped back to reality as Largemouth spoke again. He coughed and even softly seemed to jump back a bit, trying to settle again on her hand, him not being prepared for the goddess' like being's sudden questions. "I can't explain it myself m.... m... much ma'am. Somethen aboutcha, just reminds me a mama. She died before I could remember her, pah said when I was born. She... h... had the sweetest smile... at least I think. It's j... just pictures, f.. faint ones... like dreams." he paused to try and clear his thoughts. "You scare me yes, but there's somethen 'boutcha that's beautiful. I... I've never seen someone get eaten 'for. You s... seemed to do it so casually, like you liked it. I... found myself bit amazed... watchen yah eat...." Tommy scratched the back of his head as he looked down. Not sure if anything he said made sense to her. It didn't really make sense to him.
"You treasure the memories of your progenitor, yet they bring you grief. Why would you do that to yourself?" Largemouth tilted her head, curious. Meanwhile, her stomach had already begun the process of digestion. Plasma 'acid' splashed against Corrupted_Monolith, burning his skin. The walls seemed to be slowly closing in as the acid levels increased. A loud growl came from her belly, more gas going up her throat and causing her to burp once again. Monolith's body was starting to become mushy. Largemouth stared at Thomas. "You are amazed by what happened to the beast, so, why not go through it yourself? Become fuel to the Forge's will. Help us on our mission for all eternity. We will never forget your kindness if you do so..."
Thomas_Thumb thought about everything for quite some time. Everything that had happened tonight, and what had brought him into the very clutches of Largemouth's grasp. As he sat on her hand he began to think about his time on the farm. If anything, he was burden to his father. As much as the farmer loved Thomas and he him, the man would only ever be forced to watch over the small boy and try to keep him from harm. Tommy had no real future and no real purpose. The farmboy had never accomplished anything in his entire life. He never even dated. What was he to anyone really? The only person that knew about him that cared, was his dad. And strangely enough, Largemouth seemed to show more care as a perfect stranger, than the jealous farmhand could have ever fathomed, a creature of his own species. "I miss her ma'am. I don't cry 'guess 'cause I never had the chance to know 'er. It's just... I want somethen I can't have..." he sighed. Thomas wasn't exactly saying no, but he hadn't really said yes to what Largemouth had proposed. But she spoke of kindness. That was one thing Thomas' father said for his son to remember his mama by. He always wanted to be like his ma. "Will it hurt?...." he said a bit scared, but no longer shaking.
Largemouth returned to her normal form, walking back to Thomas_Thumb and bursting the bubble he was in. The human fell down, but she managed to catch him on her palm. "What were you saying before we got attacked, little one?" She sat down, trees, rocks and everything else beneath her being sucked into her body. She stared at him, using a claw to interact with his clothes, hat, etc.
Thomas_Thumb felt the effeminate creature burst the bubble he was in, while just before and after, watching as Corrupted_Monolith left off into the distance, apparently accepting what ever it was Largemouth had set as a truce. While Tommy didn't know what a truce was per say, he could guess it meant a 'stand-still'. Something that happened between his pah and a man that had gotten into a fight with him. The lad too young too young to remember much about it. Before he could scream, he was caught mid are by the hand of the woman who seemed to care for him, more than any other female he'd met in his short life. "I guess ma'am, what I was tryin tah say is. I just want somethen I can never have. It's what humans do I guess. We love, even if it hurts. I'm sure my pah misses me, tons, he misses mama. But. I'm more of a burden on him now that I stop to think, to realize it. I should be a man now yet, I'm afraid of my own shadow. I'm super short and well, I never even kissed a girl. I saw kindness in my mama ma'am. I guess that's what I see... with you... I can't say you don't scare me, 'specially after what I seen tonight. But... I trust your words. I... I wanna make a difference. I can't do that as I am..." he looked down, shrugging his shoulders, feeling ashamed and confused.
"You claim to have never kissed a girl..." She tilted her head, her claw stopping between her shirt and pants. "That also means you must have never fulfilled your role as a mortal, right? Passing your genes on, ensuring the survival of your species." The stars had reformed around her body, shifting to her palm and forming a circle beneath Thomas. "We are impressed by your attitudes, human. And you talk so nicely too." Her usual emotionless voice gained some sort of happy tone. "You do not cower in fear, instead accepting our offer, our gift." A comet passed through Largemouth's face, leaving a red trail that functioned as some sort of blushing. "We may have another way to use your help...If you agree to help us no matter how, of course."
Thomas_Thumb didn't really know what he was feeling, rubbing the back of his neck and listening on to the celestial's words. Everything he'd thought about her at first was wrong. And not a word she had said had been a lie. She was here for a purpose, to fix, create or destroy. Basing just judgement on things as she moved her way, even now to Thomas' life. She seemed calm and kind. He shook his head as a no, agreeing with her words. And that he was still a virgin. "I can never be a father like my pah, ma'am. I'm too small. I can't care for a child. I'm the only man I know as a person to be so tiny. I can't have what I want ma'am. It's just, some things aren't supposed tah be fair. Pah said so," Thomas gulped as he felt a lump in his throat, biting his bottom lip. Largemouth's kind tones were warming Tommy's heart, but it still didn't help him escape who he was, or what he couldn't be. "I would rather give something back to someone, for a change. Alls I can ask for in return, I just want my pah happy..." Thomas gulped again, fighting back a few tears after thinking about everything. He wasn't sad for himself all that much really, he wasn't really all that afraid of death anymore. He was tired of running all the time. That's all it had been since the farmhand threw him to the wolves. Her blush, her beautiful face... if only in another time, in another place. She was stunning, so beautiful, it was almost painful. "Yes ma'am..." he listened on respectfully to hear what the celestial would have to say, bowing his head briefly in acknowledgement as he looked at her big, pretty face.
"There is another way...One that may completely overwrite your body, but keep your counsciousness...We can give you the gift of the Forge. You'll be like us, but way weaker, of course..." More and more comets started flying around inside her head. The shower of falling stars was beautiful, the massive rocks producing bright explosions when they collided. "You'll live forever, and work as our messager. Your voice will bring miracles to some species, but also disaster and death to other. You, tiny human, will be one of our eternal lovers, travelling through the Universe, spreading the word of the Forge. You'll be important and powerful." Largemouth's offers were tempting. It was really rare for a mortal being to ascend into a lesser Will of the Forge. Her core pulsed with energy. Her claw touched Thomas_Thumb's chin, lifting his head so he would look at her.
Thomas_Thumb listened on to Largemouth's words, if nothing else could be said, if the boy didn't get anything else out of tonight, Largemouth cared, and more than anything, Thomas wanted to have a purpose. He didn't want to be forgotten, he didn't want to be a no count. Beyond love, he wanted to thrive. If she did not mean to devour him, what then could she desire? Thomas wouldn't interrupt a moment, hearing the celestial out before he'd utter. As he looked her body over, her fingers finally reaching his chin, he would see her beautiful face. In it, he saw comets, sights of a spacial shower by the makes or likes of it, he couldn't really know. Falling stars, beautiful beyond anything he'd ever seen before, he didn't have words for these things, but it could be seen in his face, how much of an impact it had on him. Her kindness finally drawing out the boy's tears. Her offer was better than anything he could ever hope to be granted. "It will be as you say ma'am. I don't plead a contest. Heck. I couldn't want anything less. You're kind, you're fair, you're the kindest girl I've ever met. You're like ma..." Thomas buried his face into the celestial's outstretched hand and wept. It wasn't long but brief, but still deep and needed. He sniffled a bit, and just waited. He realized something tonight he could have never without Largemouth. And he knew his father would agree. Any father would want their son happy and successful, to make a light and a difference, somewhere. This felt right. "I accept your grace ma'am. Only I pray I can be everything you hope.." He was now committed to do what ever she wanted, holding nothing back.
"As you wish, little one." She lowered her hand, putting Thomas_Thumb on the floor, then lying down. Some of the space on her face began to tear apart, her titanic mouth opening, a cold, moist breeze being released from inside. Her breath had no smell, as expected from a being made of stars. Her mouth was really dark, the light being absorbed by her body before if could illuminate the insides. She didn't seem to have teeth, which was a good signal, one thing less to worry about. She pulled Thomas closer with one of her claws, the cold breath hitting his face and soaking his clothes with some sort of moist cosmic dust. "Enter our event horizon if you wish to fulfill your destiny little one. We will not do it against your will, however, opting to become like me will reward you greatly."
To Thomas this all felt very surreal. How could a simple farm boy, born of no privilege, and a missing parental figure, have such an awe-inspiring task before him? How could tonight have ever happened? Unless it was all meant to be. Even the facts aside, the sights were beyond imaginable. Even the most gifted of scholars and teachers would find themselves mind boggled, over the picturesque that was Largemouth's eternal and infinitely powerful body and beautiful, and for everything that she and 'them', represented. It wasn't long before the boy felt himself lowered to the ground. He sighed, not that he wasn't grateful for her grasp, but the solid ground was as if sailing in a boat for a week, and then touching dry land. He stretched out a bit, looked at the stars.... and then back at... his destiny. Largemouth... his very fate. Any other contemplation was cut short as Largemouth lowered herself to his small stature on the ground, literally laying down facing him, just so she could be somewhat near his tiny level. With her claw embracing him to take him closer to her incredible enlarging maw, it sent a gentle shiver down his spine, forcing his heart to skip several beats, to peer upon her glory. Whether he'd accepted this charge or not, it was still a lot to take in. His heart raced in his chest as Largemouth said her final words. Guessing by now her palm was flat and he could advance on his own to this 'event horizon', he stepped forward, slowly but surely, having 'cold' feet, wouldn't do now. "As you see it ma'am..." he gulped a last time, finally stepping up to be inside of Largemouth's parting jaws to be on top of her tongue. What a strange day. What a weird life that had brought all of Thomas' moments to this single event. He turned around a final time to look at the stars of his world's own sky... "Goodbye pah..." he uttered, before he turned back to Largemouth's throat. He sits down as he waits for what he saw happen to the creature before him, with no plans or means himself, to escape.
Largemouth's mouth closed as soon as Thomas_Thumb said his final words. Her lips fused back, completely disappearing without a trace of her mouth ever existing. The inside of her mouth was really dark. The being's tongue started to wave, causing the human to slowly slide towards her throat. The shadows turned solid, now actively touching the boy. They were extremly curious, exploring every bit and corner of Thomas's body. They wrapped around his arms and legs, tasting his body. It wasn't long until they let go and started tossing him around, playing with the human's body. They kept going on for a few minutes, before one of the shadows failed to grab Thomas, causing him to fall to Largemouth's throat. It was a long, dark tube, at first glance. Moist and cold air came from somewhere deep below him. The celestial being decided to make the little farmer's trip a bit more 'magical'. Her throat lit up, gaining a blue glow. From there, he felt the walls close around him, cold liquid running down his body. Like some sort of television, the throat displayed live images from the ocean. Alien fish swam by the farmer, even reacting to his movement. He was able to feel the water currents as if he were there. All of that was possible thanks to Largemouth's abilities.
Thomas_Thumb didn't have to wait long for Largemouth to shut her mouth, just as she did on her last target. Except now, to Tommy, he didn't feel like a target, he felt like a charge. And a someone, a person that belonged. He was no longer afraid, Largemouth in many ways doing him a great service to help him confront some of his greatest fears. Needless to say, he wasn't completely stalwart and left unphased. Words couldn't describe what he would see and feel. It was like no maw he could have ever expected to be inside of. Yet somehow, Largemouth was able to create that realism, to a degree. He was of course inside of her now, perhaps not in a way he could understand, but perhaps to help him take his place as an offering and a sacrifice, everything seemed to happen as natural as his simple mind could accept. He felt her taste and touch him, him falling a few times within the entire maw's enclosure. Even peering back once to notice her lips... were no longer there. His mind disallowed to fathom why or what long, or even if he was just seeing things as finally a light lit up within her jaws. That cold airless area all around him, as he'd felt before, when she'd somehow taken his very air he'd breathe, though this time somehow it felt reassuring. Noting the ocean surrounding him, strange alien fish he could have only ever wished to see on the farm, whether it was just a projection or real or not, it was very real to him, exciting and captivating. He reached out to the fish, some swam away from him while some seemed ever curious over the farmboy. He smiled. All of this, the light, these sights, only helping in aiding his relaxation all the more, calming his nerves, assuring his mind this was the right thing for him. He was at the beginning of the end of something old, and just about to surge towards a brand new start. He laughed a few times, gently shaking his head. Accepting to see come what may.
As calming and relaxing as the start of the trip were, things were only getting started. The images of the ocean disappeared, now shifting to ancient rituals being performed by natives. Thomas could feel the warmth of the fire that illuminated the event. He could hear the songs inside his mind. He even felt it when a native bumped against him. Those mirages were amazing and so realistic. They helped Largemouth's offerings remain calm as they were led to their fates. The images shifted once again. All he saw were his deepest and naughtiest thoughts. The walls closed around him, liquid levels starting to rise. She wanted Thomas to feel everything a full life could offer before he started a new one. The walls massaged his body. The usually cold air became warm, causing the farmer's body to get all sweaty and sticky.
Thomas_Thumb could never know what to expect next. Largemouth would be what this world could call a frustration towards the theory of relativity and matter. Everything she'd allowed to be seen by his mortal eyes, or everything she'd shown him, the more he watched, the more he was captivated. Scenes of oceanic nature slowly began to move towards ancient rituals, the boy knowing nothing of Egyptians and Aztecs, or anything that resembled them, from what ever worlds Largemouth had visited, or had been a part of in some way, perhaps even the many people that had already been taken before him, to a higher purpose? What ever it was, he couldn't put words on it, but he soon found out he didn't have to. This was more so to show him, to maybe even educate, or at least stimulate his senses. The boy just about to find out how much. One of his first thoughts of a sexy woman coming back into his mind, and as much as he hated to admit it, the farmhand that had cast him out, she was actually physically, rather stunning. Yet nothing compared to Largemouth's beauty. All the kind things she'd done for him today, had shown him. His heart raced, but slowly and surely, for varying and different reasons, as scenes changed from one thing to the next. Now his deepest and naughtiest thoughts crept within his mind. He hadn't really understood what sex was, never had he seen anyone commit it. Though it was like as if a part of him that was meant to be unlocked before he 'died', revealed itself. He saw him and Largemouth naked. Her felt her hands caress him, her body was all over and on top of him, his naughtiest thoughts seeming to literally, come to life. The boy not even paying attention to the liquid's level, the warmth slowly envelopes him. The sweaty and sticky feeling only adding to his pleasure. His eyes saw him with Largemouth as a woman, murring and moaning. He felt as if her body was crushing into him, as if they were matting, having sex, even if in reality, perhaps it wasn't even happening. His body was letting go. But it seemed it just had one, final thing, to 'release'. Even a few thoughts of her opening her mouth and either swallowing him down, or swallowing something else down, happened in the midst of him and Largemouth's intercourse. If these sensations didn't stop soon, he would likely literally, in the real world, explode!
Largemouth seemed rather interested in Thomas' s reaction. The scenes went on, getting progressively hotter the longer the farmer was kept in there, finally coming to an ending one, that being his fate. He could see himself as his body slowly decayed while bathing in a caustic pool. His bones, flesh and skin, all turned into nothing but a mushy paste floating around. Instead of showing his real destiny, Largemouth decided to display an alternative ending. Instead of reforming as a new celestial Forger, he saw his gooey self seep into Largemouth's celestial flesh. He watched as his body served to further increase her features. Meanwhile, the liquid had already reached his chin, her clothes now completely wet as he was ready to enter the final chamber.
Thomas_Thumb was beside himself in pleasure, never having had the experience to enjoy himself quite like this, but never would he again. Whether it was a gift by a goddess, or just a curiosity given light by an interested celestial, the facts of the matter produced the same result. The farmboy was becoming a man in his mind as he saw Largemouth rock his body, admiring her glory, he somehow saw himself as a submissive male, a beta to an alpha, to be dominated, for his last moments of mortal life, seeing her wide hips crush into his smaller pelvis, her large ass even felt bouncing over his smaller thighs. Perhaps it fit, since the boy had always been small, so distant from females all together, only to realize Largemouth suddenly, he saw her as a greater being in every way. Surely she had to seem overwhelming to him, even if she was kind, maybe she saw it too? He screamed and bucked as could be expected, the young virgin not lasting longer than a single few minutes, surprisingly long, but it was also met with an incredibly powerful orgasm. He climaxed, spending up all the last of his mortal hopes and dreams, or at least his body's before his mind was slowly sent towards a different reality as he basked in his post coitus. Yet another word and an existence he didn't really understand, but truly needn't worry himself over. He marvels as he's given the view of his body slowly adding to this goddess' form as he melds and digestions within her and is absorbed by the celestial's flesh. Not realizing in reality, he was about to go from one place into a final, everlasting chamber, one he could never escape from again, at least not in the fashion he'd arrived. A choice made, one Largemouth seemed adamant about seeing through until his final potential was reached and perhaps beyond? She was glorious, beyond gorgeous, his heart fluttered for her with these images she pushed into his mind, even if in his mind's eye, it was him who was partly making her better. He was now beyond just being a mortal, still, the last of everything needed to be expunged and erased, before he could soar to greater heights, needed to progress.
Without wasting much time after the human's climax, Largemouth gave a quick, yet firm gulp. The boy was pushed down the last few meters that remained of the celestial's throat into her massive stomach. As his eyes adjusted to the darkness, the organ shifted and changed, trying to become a comfortable place Thomas could enjoy before the main event. The flesh walls turned into wood boards. The sizzling plasma that functioned as her stomach acids acquired a liquid form, turning to steaming water that had a unique, pleasant scent. To Thomas, Largemouth's stomach was nothing but some sort of warm bath. The water was at the perfect temperature. Bubbles formed on the surface, popping when touched. The walls had tiny gaps that let in even more water, albeit slowly. A copy of a regular sized Largemouth sat on the other end of the room, inviting Thomas to join her.
Thomas_Thumb was only seeing what Largemouth intended for him to, so lost to post coitus and recovery, he barely even noticed the pulsating walls, they weren't seemingly any stronger than Largemouth's imagery inside of his head, most images and scene the boy not realizing he'd created with his own, lusty thoughts. Yet it wasn't a part of Thomas openly, it was just part of whom he was as a man. Though this was the perfect opportunity for Largemouth to learn more about human nature, it was something Tommy couldn't help he was a part of, for now. Nevertheless, those final gulps would send him as a bulge down her tight throat into a much more spacious area. Before Thomas was really allowed to 'come to', in his mind's eye, the scene was replaced with what appeared to be a large bathing room. Within the waters, stood two equally gorgeous Largemouths, beckoning for him to join them. He panted a bit, gasping almost, shaking his head as he gave off a jubilant smile. The boy, oddly enough, was turning from a greenie, wet-behind-the ears kid, to a full fledged adult. While he wasn't over how beautiful they were, he was more accepting of it, and also more accepting to see a woman naked. More mature at least. It wasn't long before he readily complied, even if a bit more relaxed this time than before... he smiled as he joined them. Oddly enough, they had seemed to leave a space between the two of them for him to sit. He obliged, even while in the waking / real world, his body would slowly but surely be repurposed by sizzling plasma, and sit he did. The bubbles and the water, seeming to be like a bubble bath, again, a new experience for Thomas. He was small enough he'd had to be washed normally in a basin of water, or in a sink with a screened stopper by his parent. This... this was new... and awesome. Little the man understanding he was perhaps moments away from the end of his mortal tether.
The couple of Largemouths touched his body in different spots. They seemed rather interested on him. Without previously asking, one of the mirage celestials began brushing Thomas skin. She paid close attention to his body, scrubbing the parts that seemed to take the best of reactions from him. Meanwhile, the other celestial flirted with him, making suggestive hand gestures and caressing him. While the boy was distracted, the 'water' and scrubbing Largemouth began working on his soft tissue. His skin and flesh were turning jelly-like in consistency.
As worse or as good as could be expected in reality, Largemouth was doing Tommy a solid. She could have failed him on so many levels if she chose to. Could have given him the worst and most terrible experience, before his untimely demise, any humanoid, sentient mortal, had ever felt, or would feel again. Yet she was kind, not giving him pain. Helping his nature of all things, mature. Perhaps it was doing both him and her a justice, making it so he could be a stronger part of their Largemouth collective, even if he could never be as strong as her. Without being allowed to properly leave his life, and have it be done up, instead of undone, he wouldn't have known what it was like to be with a woman. To be loved, cherished, even as he was now. By multiple women in fact. Their movements over him, replacing the feeling of what would have been Thomas's flesh being dissolving off of his bone. The heated waters replacing the scalding plasma that soaked in and around his oblivion physical form. He couldn't be happier than he was right now. Largemouth wasn't just helping Thomas move on, she would indirectly help his father to. Whether Frank realized it or not, Thomas was becoming a man in perhaps the best ways he could have achieved, but what was better, soon, he'd become so much more than just this. This, the precursor for the existence he'd soon lead. A life having been lived over eighteen years, coming to a melting halt, in but hours or moments. A strange thought. But such was the way of things in Largemouth's reality, and soon to be Thomas'. It wasn't a time of sadness for anyone though. It was just a time of moving on and letting go. Largemouth had devoured Thomas' past, was controlling his present, and would soon help him rewrite his very future, his mortal one as he knew it, to merely cease to exist as would his mortal body.
As the Largemouths took care of Thomas, his body began to lose consistency. His skin and flesh had turned translucent and gooey. The Largemouth whom had been flirting with him decided to make a move. She approached him, her claws reaching for the boy's body. Once she touched his body, the claws wrapped around his neck. Sitting on his lap, the Largemouth's lips parted, revealing her blackhole-like mouth. The fake celestial kissed him, cold saliva turning warm because of the temperature exchange between them. She began to move her hips, causing his entire gooey body to tremble. If he looked hard enough, he could see his own bones floating around inside his body.
So many mental subjection. So much subliminal messaging. Largemouth was clearly an expert in the field of consumption and transformation, literally metamorphosing the man's body, mind and soul, for their joint benefit, and for the better beneficial take as the whole of the celestial entity that obtained him. From the very start, Thomas had seen things today that would be incomprehensible, the young man unable to describe a thing, even if he'd studied in school to get a proper education his entire life. The moment he'd entered the woman's body, it was almost as if his mind and his core had took to a completely different reality. Largemouth had already aforementioned things leading to other events. Subjugating the farm boy's mind to what digestion would look like for him thus even before it had ever occured. So as the Largemouths within the pooling waters took him and groped about him, practically pseudo-molesting him, with Largemouth's latest reformation over his body slowly being reprogrammed, indeed the human would see himself, even if faintly, changing drastically so. Though even if such things could be previewed by his mortal eyes it was all so much to take in. Hardly able to catch up, a mental and physical overload of intense sensation a mortal should never be allowed to even feel, but she gave these things to him at a rapidly, frequent pace. In ways, perhaps it could be explained as a metaphor or a symbolic scene for his mental fathoming. The girl's pulling at him and smoothing their grasp over his flesh, for at the self same time Largemouth's digestive core, a make-shift gastrointestinal chamber, if one will relate it to that, was digesting and dissolving him on a molecular level, using his human portions to add more to herself quite literally. Using his DNA and his everything to utterly become more of her phenotype. It was incredible, these unexplained phenomenon. The scene shifting from near loving and near smothering embraces, to a Largemouth grappling him like a rock in a cliffface, possessing him even more... Until her face was directly in front of his, her sitting on his lap even, the human feeling his manhood react to her presence, at least in his mind... what was reality? It was at this point when the lad finally began to 'see' his gelatin like phase, his bones. Gawking at the gradually shaping maw before his partaking. It felt like he could see into forever between and within those stretching lips. The Largemouths taking domination to a whole new level beyond human comprehension. Her kiss sending a buzz through his entire physical, mortal core. As odd as it seemed, or as predictable to some, the lad's member was no longer just interested, but at a full erect attention to these latest details, at least in his experience.
"Your mortal wishes shall not go unfulfilled, human. By joining our cause, you have put your body and mind at our disposal. We thank you for your contribution, and reward you with your most intimate and dark thoughts. Do not feel afraid. Come, feel our surfaces. Interact with us in a way you have never done to a female of your own species." The Largemouth was somehow able to talk, even though she was in the middle of her kiss. Her claws caressed Thomas's back, holding him close to her. The alien flesh was cold and wet. Every time Thomas thrusted, the walls would embrace his manhood, massaging it. That was her last favor, a final moment of pure bliss to the human that had conquered her core. Her shadowy tongue was able to completely wrap around his and extend into his throat. Meanwhile, the other Largemouth seemed to enjoy the view, now indulging herself. Even though the original celestial didn't seem to have any signs of genitalia, the fake ones did. Her breasts jiggled as she pleasured herself. That was enough to get Thomas's mind off what was currently happening to his body.
Darn tooting it was! How could it not be? So much sensational overload being thrust at Thomas' brain at what felt like the speed of light! Another gift this angelic celestial had given, the ability to see, when perhaps other creatures weren't allowed such generosity. Yet as he heard the woman's words, she was obviously quite pleased. Thomas Thumb hadn't withheld a single thing from her, nor denied her her commanding request. It had to be of the human's volition and will mind, but even as such, he allowed himself to be subsumed and controlled. Yet it was all necessary to get this man from point A to point B. He could attest to such thoughts as she'd given him much information. While the lad didn't understand a lot of the advanced words or thoughts, he got the gist of it, realizing somehow all these things were just one step towards a better creation and an existence. Such a kind gift indeed, allowing a boy to become a man, but not just forcing him to figure things out on his own. From her taking control in his mind to begin with, one could guess Largemouth had quickly learned, if not all human's mannerisms when it came to sex, at least Thomas' own desires. The boy not having a recollection of vore or sex in his entire life, yet somehow, these Voids, both the original and the fakes alike, had slowly but surely made him understand the delight of feminine flesh and vorephilism. This only made the sex more intense of course. The woman's body literally just that, taking on the forms of the most perfected creatures of an effeminate make, putting any earthly woman to shame. Their feelings matching his thought process. He could see the Largemouth nearby pleasuring herself, watching her amazing assets bounce and bubble, all while the Largemouth kissing him, helped take him through and then beyond to this final phases of mortal life, so close to sexual abandon. A rite of passage waiting for Largemouth just against the other side of his utter and complete containment. The girl riding him as he'd indeed feel her over form, the coldness replaced with that warmth as she kissed him. He was in literal paradise, he'd found his cloud nine. Only if his parents could see him now, they'd delight in his overwhelming, speechless joy. Watching mostly her, but glancing at the moaning and nearby self-pleasuring Largemouth. His thrusting taking on a feverish pitch with everything he was subjected to, involuntary muscles bucked his hips and even though she possessed him he was able to rock his pelvis, at least a little bit. He screams out as his vision even blurs! While none of this was reality, it was incredible just how perfect the original Largemouth had got every detail spot on to real life. He spent the last of himself finally, his cock belching up his passion into the plasma filled stomach that surrounded him and entombed him and kneaded at him. In his eyes though, it was deep into the bowels and belly of this impeccable and flawless beauty, he closed his eyes as he held on and rolled through his intense orgasmic release at his leisure. The climax pushing out at least three bouts....... then he was done, exhausted, just as his mortal flame would be. What could his mostly digested core do now? Her gift had been given, he was now hers, uncontested. To Thomas it hadn't been dark but light, the gift given in love, even if lust coupled with. He couldn't be more grateful.
As Thomas reached his peak, a tingling feeling ran through Largemouth's body, telling her he was ready for the next phase. The fake Largemouth riding him stood up, her fingers spreading her lower lips apart. The sticky love fluid released by the human was now leaking from her clitoris. Sticking a claw inside, she soaked it in a mixture of her own and the boy's liquids. The Largemouth opened Thomas's mouth slightly, giving him a taste of their love. Both fake celestial beings stood up, their forms shifting and trembling, before combining into a single one. With a last wave of hand, the clone faded away. The whole illusion started to disappear, revealing the stomach's true appearance. But it was already far too late for Thomas to do anything. His body had fallen into a pile of slime. Somehow, he was still kept conscious. He could watch as the stomach contracted and shrunk, compacting his body. Not long after that, the organ started pushing his remains towards an opening on its end. Strangely, instead of going down, Thomas's liquified body went upwards. He could feel the temperature increase, the warmth slowly seeping into his body. Intense light blinded him. He was being sent towards Largemouth's core. The star gladly took in the jelly human. Once there, his body was compressed into a large oval shape. The slime began to harden and gain a purple hue. Tiny stars began to appear around him. From inside there, Thomas could see the space that formed the entirety of Largemouth's titanic body.
They had ushered on the beginning of the end, at least as Thomas knew it. Only to renew capability, possibility and potential. There was so much the human had left to learn, but he'd come so far so quickly. His event horizon increasing and gradually overtaking everything else, just as it should, just as Largemouth had already explained would happen. All Tom could do was experience. Knowing not exactly where he was going, nor entirely where he'd come from, this adventure was fully up to Largemouth. Yet of course this whole scene had always been. His illusion of control or her kind gift, all her doing. If she could read his thoughts, beyond that fear that gripped the edges of his human mind naturally, irrevocably and unchangeable... there also stood his happiness. A gratitude he couldn't express in words. Especially anymore, and for obvious reasons, he no longer had a mouth for utterance. Such a sight to see, that light left for him even in his most subsumed of physical states, what a mortal coil or intelligence could call in a normal digestive tract, related perhaps to chyme. What ever was around him, what ever he was now, likely something far different. The boy no academic genius, he couldn't appreciate the utter difference between a creature digesting and processing him, to this celestial Largemouth, other than that single experience of her taking him to her 'stomach'. For what happened next was utterly alien to him and bazaar. First her stomach contracted and shrunk as he previewed, only to make him more compact than he'd already been. The confines pulsating and growing smaller until finally... He was pulled upward. The warmth increasing as did that light, to where finally it had swallowed up every foreseeable section of his 'vision', until there was no point in trying to relate to it. Unable to 'see' Largemouth's core for that time being, or the purple hue he was gaining as an oval shape, from slime. Once again Tom could see, and what a sight it was! So vast, so unbelievable. The gift of its sight was reward enough, he now relating to things beyond his physical death. If a heart could pound and if cheeks could go bright red, if eyes could bulge out, hardly would that even do justice to this other worldly event, an event that no mortal eyes should be allowed to witness. The epicenter of her core boggled his human understanding to a near frustrating point, but all he could do was mentally smile. Just incredible. So very incredible, it was almost as if he was stargazing with a lidless, timeless view. Speaking of time.... Did time or the relativity of space matter any more?
Thomas's current state finally became clear for Largemouth. As the human's body gained a new shape, their minds would start to link. At first, it was painful. The nearly infinite amount of knowledge gathered by her would flood his mind, replacing every thought she deemed as 'useless'. He witnessed the birth of Largemouth. She was so small after being being born from the Forge, certainly no larger than a medium-sized box. Nevertheless, her aura was intense. Fast forward, he was able to watch as the primordial Forge created the Universe's core, giving a piece of what would be the center or everything to Largemouth. Her body had matured by that time, gaining a more juvenile appearance. Her entire being lit up, the celestial having her first Supernova, new planets and stars forming inside her. It was like a girl having her first period. That memory was soon swapped by the origin of the galaxy he belonged to. A couple of massive stars crashed into each other. The resulting explosion created what would be his solar system and many others. Thomas could see a faint hand hovering above the explosion site. Someone or something was responsible for his existence. The last image was of several galaxies, each with their own glowing core. Phantasmal hands moved them around, like if they were toys. Was it Largemouth moving the celestial formations to better fit new ones? Who knows. As that last image faded into darkness, Thomas's new body had finished hardening. The core began to heat up, pressure building around the egg. Without previous notice, he was shot directly towards the eternal void that composed Largemouth's body. He looked just like a comet, a glowing tail forming behind him as he flew through the celestial's body.
What could be said or thought at times like these? If at any time? What was time? What did Thomas really know? Did he ever know anything? And if so, was it anything that really mattered? What with the lack of understanding, limited potential and only-ever-able-to-reach-so-far mortal's coil? Indeed it was frustrating at least as stated and could be expected, to say just a little. Thomas' mind was being overwhelmed utterly by so much before unreachable and untouchable information, none of this should be possible, but it was, it would likely kill a mortal man, but he was already 'dead'. All this, for a 'mortal's' eye to see? How much time would go by? How much time already had? Was time even a significant anymore? Was it seconds, minutes... hundreds of years, a few millennium? He would see Largemouth's literal story. Unfolding from her first realization of self at the size of a box to literally encompassing universes, galaxies, nebulae. What was he, where was he in all of this? And then all at once, what he used to be, ceased to exist all together, he was now just a solidified oval shape of shared intelligence, next to be thrust into an eternal void. The measure and direction of his forwarding projectile, could the speed and the perfect line of it be calculated in forms of math or would it just be another thing to completely frustrate a mortal's mind for everything that should be considered by or about it in order for it to make sense? A portion of the void, these comets, shooting stars or constellations, were they comprised of individuals compressed and taken into everything that Largemouth was now? He knew he was now just another literal part of her, surely that was how this all worked! Was he feeling fear, was he confused or scared of the unknown? What was reality? Who was 'he' now? To a mortal's understanding, 6,570 days was hardly a blink of an eye nor was it exactly a small measure of time... but what was that to a Largemouth... this Largemouth?
As the comet approached the borders of Largemouth's body, his trajectory began to change. The limits of her dimension were always filled with intense cosmic storms that prevented anything from leaving her unauthorized. He felt the space shift and distort, constantly expanding so he would be able to actually go downwards. Thomas passed by a small piece of land floating around. He could see several creatures that had celestial bodies similar to Largemouth. They were fighting off what seemed like praying mantis monsters. He could do nothing but watch as the humanoid entities were slowly crushed by their enemies, their fallen comrades being pushed off into the eternal pit. One of the monsters spotted Thomas, staring directly at him. It pointed at the egg, causing some of its allies to look at the live comet and wave. Their wide, unsettling smiles full of human teeth were the scariest thing on those aliens, aside from their brutal, sharp claws. Largemouth's body did support life, then, although heavily mutated. The egg seemed to gain speed, flying off away from the small battlefield. Minutes (Hours...? Days...? Years...?) passed while Thomas travelled through the huge emptiness, before he spotted some rocky formations that led to a tight tunnel. Polyp-like animals inhabited the cavern, waving their multiple tentacles around, in an attempt to obtain food. When they felt movement, they would project their appendages forward and glow crimson. Because of Thomas's speed, they couldn't maintain their grasp on the egg, instead just brushing against his 'shell'. As he progressed through the tunnel, the polyps increased in size, their tentacles transforming into a forest of live appendages.
Everything kept changing. Always change, that was the constant that 'Thomas' could realize and hold as a stable factor. Nothing was ever as it seemed to be, as from afar then close up, it was drastically different nearby. What was up, what was down? Was there a north here? What were these monsters and why did they seem to hold such a large amount of intelligence and what exactly were they committing to? The smile unnerved his soul as his shell continued on its travel. His body shifting and bending along this invisible stay-line. As if he were a planet orbiting an axis or a gravity field, never could he seem to diverge on his own. Finally entering into what appeared to be cavern, never was there a dull moment, never a pause or a cessation in movement. A thought process and an existence passing from one phase to the next. As always, that would seem to be Largemouth's way. Was it merely evolution and a betterment for a more powerful Largemouth, or were these mere repeats that measured mathematically like fractal? What was the smallest living thing within Largemouth's vast expanses, what was the largest? Prior unseen hands moving about, now existences hardly explained, sights even his 'evolved' self could scarcely comprehend. Where was he headed and what was the point of all of this? Hardly would he wish it away for it was all remarkable, but even sharing her vast intelligence with a lesser mind, even far past a human understanding, it all made little sense to 'Thomas'. He felt lost, what he was going through felt never-ending. Was this one eternal round with no beginning and no end? Logic and reason and everything the boy used to know, either dead, frustrated or gone, destroyed was a word she'd once used. She'd shattered his reality, replacing it slowly with her own. What was knowledge and logic? Was he far smarter than the most intelligent human in a series of universe and galaxy? Or... was he the most devolved and least developed intelligent creature to exist within Largemouth's new creation... a weakest link?
The polyps slowly retracted their tentacles, clearing the way. The caverns just kept on getting smaller and smaller, to the point where the egg would have to exploit its soft shell to pass though the opening. A breeze of fresh air passed by Thomas. He could see a dim light getting brighter as he proceeded. He was so close to ascending. A voice spoke up in his mind, trying to snap him back to reality. "You'll experience transcendence soon, child. Feel honoured. Many others would kill and destroy to get to feel what you are experiencing." A familiar warmth invaded Thomas's body. The previous dim light was much brighter now, as he was approaching its source. At last, he had finally reached the final frontier. The egg had begun losing speed, coming to a full stop once it entered the large chamber. It was impressive to say the least. The walls showed images of several different lifeforms, from the most simplistic ones to the most advanced. Lumps of glowing liquid were attached to the flower and ceiling. Thomas could actually see inside them. They hosted embryos that would one day turn into the mantis monsters. They served as a countermeasure against species that would evolve way too quickly and try to harm others. Significantly stronger and surpassing any other creatures alive inside Largemouth, they were the pinnacle of evolution. Adult monsters walked around, teaching infants the basics of hunting. They fed off an unknown liquid that seemed to drip from the ceiling. However, the main attraction in there wasn't the walls displaying images or the embryo pods; it was a large vortex leading to the outside world. A couple of big, terrifying mantises guarded it. However, when Thomas passed by them, they didn't seem to mind, instead allowing the egg to go unscathed.
It was clear this was Largemouth's show and rodeo. And that she was the very author and creator of what happened within her given expanse. Sights even frightful for evolved being to ponder and view, yet on and on he went. A light shown shining only dull at first, though showing to him even in all of this obscurity. A lost egg, or was he merely a creature on his way to transcendence, to being found for the very first time? That voice that once spoke to him in the Nexus returning, a boy that used to be a human, now evolving to something far greater than a member of the mortal coil could ever hope to even fathom being possible... that which was promised to him. His soul rejoiced even if a few doubts remained, yet his course was steadfast and unaltered as Largemouth would have seen fit to allow. Things removing themselves, either by the will or command of his original devourer most likely. But what was devouring really? Destruction, in part... perhaps. But also did it make way to give birth to new life. For every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. A practical ecosystem just within this cavern alone, and finally.... Thomas reaches the near end. Largemouth's words bringing Thomas both humility, respect and gratitude, even more than he'd already been feeling. Yet with them so connected as stated, it was unlikely a single thought her new creation would have could ever get past her never-ending sight. The beautiful light ever becoming brighter as the things that could end him in moments, merely let him pass. Until that final end when two massive mantis that seemed to be guarding Thomas' very departure, merely seemed to look upon him as if curious... maybe asking to themselves, why had Largemouth allowed him to ascend and not them? Nothing was for him to worry himself or was he able to change, again left along to experience.
"He has arrived at his destiny. Now, it is time for us again to help him." Largemouth sat down, the earth quaking beneath her as her massive glutes touched the ground, completely absorbing whatever was unfortunate enough to touch her body. The greater being sighed, as she wasn't used to do this. Usually, the ones that had gotten consumed would never make their way out, instead just becoming additional mass on her hips. Largemouth made a hand gesture with two fingers forming a V. She reached down, between her legs and straight to where her genitalia would be. As her claws pulled at the skin in an attempt to part it, her body quickly provided fake reproductive structures. Largemouth stared at it, the lower lips reacting as Thomas approached the entrance. To further expand it so the egg could fly threw without a problem, she pulled one of the lips to the side. She then waited for him to exit her body. Once Thomas was outside, she moved her hands to a point above him. The egg floated up until it was as high as her head. She began slowly sculpting the new celestial being.
Just to think a greater man, being or even an event horizon, never getting half the blessing this Voidmother would give Thomas. Such an honor, such a privilege and a kindness, perhaps no other human had ever seen before him? It was all so strange. If she was so powerful to take and destroy, to make herself greater, to add to her endless beauty, no matter what... what did Largemouth have to gain at giving so much back to a creature she barely even knew? To a creature that was so far beneath her evolution he wouldn't even be as a spec or a granule upon a vast oceanic shore? In sheer size alone, let alone intelligence and power, she surpassed him then in every way, and still now. Perhaps Largemouth appreciated goodness? Innocence and truth? Thomas had been all of those. But even now, he still remained so inexperienced. How appropriate he was coming out of an area from this effeminate creature's body, as to leave her core by way of 'reproductive' means? Like a host to an egg, or even more so, perhaps a mother to a child? She had so much left to teach this little oval. The light so bright, as did it seem before with every major transition they had together... and then... it changed... all over again. He was without her core in some vast area of 'space'?! Not realizing 'mother's' ass had descended on some hapless, infinitesimally small, pathetic mass of likely sentient filled origins... all he could see was what was in front of him, or what ever Largemouth willed so. Already she was working towards sculpting Thomas' new form. Why he had deserved exaltation and transcendence was beyond even his soul's comprehension. Nevertheless, she had granted it, and she had done so with what felt like to him, love. More so now than ever, Largemouth seemed like the woman Thomas barely had the chance to even glance at before she'd disappeared. If she could somehow see him now, what would the woman think of Largemouth and her new creation of her once, little Tommy?
She was a true master at sculpting. She paid attention at every detail, sculpting him a new body judged perfect by her standards. Her immense claws posed no problem even when creating his basic facial features, eyes and nose. Largemouth turned her attention to his arms. She decided to make him moderately strong, as to not deviate too much from his original design. When she was finished with both of his arms and hands, she began working on turning his fingers into claws as sharp as hers. She was very gentle when modelling his body. Largemouth carefully sculpted his legs and feet. When working on his torso, she let out a muffled sigh, a single comet floating across her face and leaving a light red 'blush'. She didn't model him as a muscle monster, but as the perfect balance between physical durability and dexterity. At last, her work was done, a nearly perfect celestial. She admired her work, but knew what needed to be done. She reached for her own core. Her fingers lit up as she tried to take a piece out of it. It was an extremely painful process to her, but necessary. She screamed in agony, the pain causing hey body to shimmer. After several minutes of constant pulling and massive pain, she managed to take a small shard out of her core. She slowly applied it to her creation, giving it new life. From now on, Thomas was hers. He was no better than the mantises inside her 'womb'. If she ever requested him to give his life up for her, it would be an order he couldn't refuse to follow. His fate was tied to hers.