<center><span style="color:purple;font-weight:bold"><big><big>'''Jena Year 2481'''</big></big></span></center>

<center><span style="color:purple;font-weight:bold"><big><big>'''Jena Year 2481'''</big></big></span></center>

{{Quotation|''Bélénor Nébius, narrator''|

{{Quotation|''Bélénor Nébius, narrator''|

To the common Kitin, the kinkoos were at the top of the hierarchical pyramid. They were both the generals who planned the colony's military operations and the personal enforcers of the [[kizarak]] lords, whose authority and power they assumed in their absence. Today was a special day, as the kinkoo was protecting his lord. Normally, this task was assigned to the [[Kidinak|kidinaks]], one of whose main duties was to secure the royal nests, from which their occupants rarely left. But today, the kizarak had to abandon the comfort of his confined den, exposing his beautiful yellow mouth petals and azure blue coat to the view of the lower Kitins. And outside the nest, who better to protect him than his trusted sword arm? So, placed second in the procession, the kizarak was letting the kinkoo lead the procession through the galleries of the kitin-nest, thus avoiding any contact with the plebs. On his flanks and behind him, the [[Kinrey|kinreys]] were forming a wall of their carapaces, thus isolating him completely. These Kitins looked like atrophied versions of the kinkoo. Only five meters tall, they had a black shell, spotted with yellow, and less sharp than their general's. For the kinkoo, such closeness to his lord was rare. Usually, orders from the latter were transmitted to him by [[Kipesta|kipestas]], iridescent kitins with six wings, an elongated abdomen reminiscent of the dragonfly, and a venom pouch located under the head and connected to a proboscis. It often happened that he did not see his lord during several cycles. If he secretly regretted this distance, he had never showed it.

To the common Kitin, the kinkoos were at the top of the hierarchical pyramid. They were both the generals who planned the colony's military operations and the personal enforcers of the [[kizarak]] lords, whose authority and power they assumed in their absence. Today was a special day, as the kinkoo was protecting his lord. Normally, this task was assigned to the [[Kidinak|kidinaks]], one of whose main duties was to secure the royal nests, from which their occupants rarely left. But today, the kizarak had to abandon the comfort of his confined den, exposing his beautiful yellow mouth petals and azure blue coat to the view of the lower Kitins. And outside the nest, who better to protect him than his trusted sword arm? So, placed second in the procession, the kizarak was letting the kinkoo lead the procession through the galleries of the kitin-nest, thus avoiding any contact with the plebs. On his flanks and behind him, the [[Kinrey|kinreys]] were forming a wall of their carapaces, thus isolating him completely. These Kitins looked like atrophied versions of the kinkoo. Only five meters tall, they had a black shell, spotted with yellow, and less sharp than their general's. For the kinkoo, such closeness to his lord was rare. Usually, orders from the latter were transmitted to him by [[Kipesta|kipestas]], iridescent kitins with six wings, an elongated abdomen reminiscent of the dragonfly, and a venom pouch located under the head and connected to a proboscis. It often happened that he did not see his lord during several cycles. If he secretly regretted this distance, he had never showed it.