Hearing of Madness

My siblings were looking like proper people, in the sense that they walked upright on two legs. In other senses...

They had taken on the semblance of beetles, or rather what a beetle-folk would have looked like. They had only the two arms and two legs, and their heads were in the right place. They wore their Chitin like armor; only Pink had kept the antennae.

They were short and squat, like dwarves, except they were clearly not made of stone and Violet, the largest, barely came up to my waist. <1>

Still, to make such profound anatomical changes in such a short period of time? They HAD been eating well, possibly better than I myself had.

"Stop looking at us. We all hate you." Blue said.

"You have all developed nicely." I said. "I approve."

The sound of rock striking rock resounded through the chamber. "The accused will address all comments to the bench!"

I gave a slight bow of acknowledgment.