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Commissioned by me, drawn by koralin-tea

Although no longer Homo Sapiens, exhumans are no less alive and have their own distinct life-cycle. However, theirs is heavily augmented by science and technology mixed with a healthy dose of pseudo-religious mysticism.

When victims are abducted, they spend weeks, months, or even years as low-ranking fodder for the hive as their bodies and minds are molded into drones. Rarely is this time spent entirely stationary. Even the most tightly cocooned victim is released for various activities.

The attention lavished on neophytes is almost maternal. Captives, often still fully aware and highly resistant, are given a mixture of cold mechanical restraint and motherly attention. High-ranking members of the hive dote on them like friends or children. They remove them from restraints and provide long and therapeutic sessions of massage and meditation. Some are permitted to wander the hive like unaccompanied children - their arms and bodies still highly restricted in sacks, but allowed the opportunity to explore their home.

This contrasts sharply with the brutal efficiency of drones and their machines. Strict rubberization, encasement, and integration within machinery is a far cry from the motherly attention that "pupating" victims receive.

Much as a caterpillar becomes a chrysalis, this stage helps to reinforce training and social norms in the hive. Drones grow to love and obey their mistresses and masters. When combined with strange feedings of "honey" and other cocktails of machine augmentation, the result is an unbreakable bond of obedience in all but the most dominant of captives.

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You can read more about the hive here: phantomdotexe.deviantart.com/g…

Description
Commissioned by me, drawn by koralin-tea

Although no longer Homo Sapiens, exhumans are no less alive and have their own distinct life-cycle. However, theirs is heavily augmented by science and technology mixed with a healthy dose of pseudo-religious mysticism.

When victims are abducted, they spend weeks, months, or even years as low-ranking fodder for the hive as their bodies and minds are molded into drones. Rarely is this time spent entirely stationary. Even the most tightly cocooned victim is released for various activities.

The attention lavished on neophytes is almost maternal. Captives, often still fully aware and highly resistant, are given a mixture of cold mechanical restraint and motherly attention. High-ranking members of the hive dote on them like friends or children. They remove them from restraints and provide long and therapeutic sessions of massage and meditation. Some are permitted to wander the hive like unaccompanied children - their arms and bodies still highly restricted in sacks, but allowed the opportunity to explore their home.

This contrasts sharply with the brutal efficiency of drones and their machines. Strict rubberization, encasement, and integration within machinery is a far cry from the motherly attention that "pupating" victims receive.

Much as a caterpillar becomes a chrysalis, this stage helps to reinforce training and social norms in the hive. Drones grow to love and obey their mistresses and masters. When combined with strange feedings of "honey" and other cocktails of machine augmentation, the result is an unbreakable bond of obedience in all but the most dominant of captives.

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You can read more about the hive here: phantomdotexe.deviantart.com/g…