She was ignorant. “Look, I’m trying to be nice, but Klbkch and I agree—” “What would you give someone with one day to live?” Pawn stared at Ryoka. She blinked. “Excuse me?” “What would you give someone with exactly twenty four hours to live before they died? Someone who knew their death was imminent?” She stared at him. But unlike Erin, she didn’t question Pawn’s words, but took the query at face value. “One day? Well, I guess I’d give them what they always dreamed of. Time with their family if they have any, money to do what they wanted…uh, maybe a chance to—” “No.” She broke off. “What?”
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I'm with you Ryoka on humans. But the poor Ants have a whole other load of crap and sometimes really short time spans