Ipaoss: Flighty Drone

Ipaoss is a nervous, edgy burster, always ready to run to a hiding spot and take cover as soon as something larger than it (which happens often enough in the forest den that Snaedis has chosen) comes within spotting distance. It wants to live to adult-hood, thanks much, and it prefers to do that by getting as few wounds as possible. It helps that Ipaoss' telempathy is sharp enough to tell it about any creature within the hive's territory... not that Ipaoss has told anyone else about this, yet, beyond Snaedis.

Frankly, Ipaoss is almost as terrified of the rest of the hive as it is of the forest. It knows what its new queen is capable of, it knows Penopir is constantly waiting for it to screw up, and it knows that the others of the hive will show it no kindness beyond what Snaedis has ordered... because even passive, uncaring Ipeizeheress believes Ipaoss to be useless and a drain on their resources.

Ipaoss, even as a drone, is nervous and edgy, always ready to run to a hiding spot the moment something it considers 'dangerous' shows up. While it's grown confident enough to realize that mice, rabbits, and birds aren't a threat, anything that resembles a dragon or a human causes it to immediately flee. Now that it's made it to adulthood, Ipaoss is at a bit of a loss - it wants to stay alive, but the hive, in general, doesn't want it to.

Ipaoss' terror of the rest of the hive hasn't abated in the slightest. Snaedis continues to grow stronger, Penopir continues to play with her magical amulet and 'eye' Ipaoss like an annoying bug, and the rest of the hive generally dumps the worst and most dangerous duties on it. Ipaoss wants to flee, but is too terrified to attempt to break Snaedis' control... and besides, where would it go?