After submitting her first orchideo piece to the Formicosa City repository of educational & advertising material, Sophodra notices the building has somewhat of a pigeon problem.

A human pets a giant mantis.

Human nature is to use, and abuse, to destroy, and employ, so it's no great wonder when Sophodra is forced to face quite the mockery of something she’s very familiar with.

Musings on arachnophobia, why exactly we're watching Rose and Sophodra in the first place, and the inherent subjectivity of being a translator between two very different cultures.

Macrovolutes are just as capable of being afraid as humans, so it makes sense that the Fears would manifest for them, too. The things they fear can be quite different, but fortunately, everyone's favorite roach professor is here to explain how macrovolutes classify the Entities and the differences in how they manifest for them.

Sophodra and Rose find a human cast out by the rest...