[INTRO] [FX: Heartbeat pulse resumes slowly, water dripping, distant cave echoes.] [Instruments: guiro, maracas, rain stick] [FX: Echoing drip, heartbeat slightly quickens] [ELYTRA CHORUS mixed insectoid voices enters faintly: distant whispering hum] Who can this be? In parts, apart. Our feelers sensed you falling, sssklak...skssssslllaa..tessskkk our chitin shuddered at the sound, crack and pebble scatter, you are not well. (brass drum beats at 120BPM for 5 seconds, then stops) (Chorus continues) Hmmmm....heart part thumps yet still. Dreamer has not forgotten you, dun one. (insectoid trill) Kllllkkkkktkkkk....tkkkk..sssskkkk! [ELYTRA CHORUS -- concerned hoarse insectoid mixed voices] Dew-give matron hears our calls, rest, only a short wait more. ktttttkkkssslllkk! Hmmmmm....which parts to which belong? worry not flesh-scuttle, the dew will save you. (insectoid trill) Kttttkkkkk...ssssssllllkkkkkk...zzzzztttttkkkksss! She comes! She's here! No fear dew-starve! [ELYTRA DEW-MATRON --insectoid hoarse female stentorian maternal tone] gooooood....flesh-scuttle is strong! Mchzzzllak worried you would be already gone. Hmmmmm....no need for more brood as yet, hmmmm.... body too broken to sustain such purpose, still your coming is not unwelcome. yessssss....Dew wishes to restore broken mer-kind misadventurer. So close I can taste, ssssskkkkllssskk......tsssskeeesss.... dream-scent hangs strong to you, You wait long, too long already, here.... soon Dew-friend, honored-hivekin. Drinkkkkkkk....sklllkkkk...sskk..llllttttt... [ELYTRA CHORUS – Hoarse insectoid Mixed Vocals (whispered, layered, insectoid timbre)] Drink deep, dun-one, fell-save friend, eyes open to new sees, watch new-knit self take shape, good you have come here, better than before you become enjoy the drink, enjoin our dream, welcome hive-friend. (insectoid trill) ktssskkk...gggggkkkaa....ssssdddkkks! [Instrumental interlude – Unintelligible tribal chants in insectoid tones swells, heartbeat stabilizes] [ELYTRA CHORUS – Mixed Vocals (overlapping, rhythmic, breathy whisper with clicking undertone)] Drink deep, dreamer, taste anew, what thought false, is now shown true, Hear well our voices, they should guide you well. Good...we see you understand us better, pass this world below with us in tow, we have much to show you flesh-kind. Beware there are many sights to see, of those are scores you hadn't eyes for. Fear not the new, strange is good here. (Many distinct voices from around some quite distant) Welcome! Welcome! Hive-friend! Dew-drink! Welcome! [OUTRO – ELYTRA CHORUS fades to soft hum, echoing cavern reverb, heartbeat steady]
