Another Day, Another Deal

"Never seen anything like this, looks nothing like a hive, can Master explain how it works?"

"It's a complicated thing, devour it and you'll know"

Not needing to be told twice the parasite, taking the form of a human now, devoured the triangular hive in one whole gulp

Within ten minutes only it digested most if it, understanding the basic structure and use of the half creature half inanimate object

"If your done eat up these boxes too"

"All of them?"

"Yes, I've no other use for these things, none that I would like to try anyway"

There was that dead tree that could perhaps make use of them but he didn't want to give it this particular parasitic ability, there was no knowing what the rotting wood would do once it got its branches on it

"Alright"

Quickly before he changed his mind the parasite ate one box after the other, speeding through all thirty of them without any visual change in its belly