Perhaps it was around this time they started calling themselves the “Colony”. It started as a joke; Sagne was talking about ants as usual, about the way they coexisted, when Zakaria said: “Like us. An ant colony!” And he sounded so cheerful that no one could help but laugh. A colony of individuals, where everyone worked, where everyone had a different skill set. It felt good to say. Like there was a reason. Like it was natural. They tried to stop thinking of themselves as individuals. Instead, each was a part. A part of the colony.
