"May your symbiosis grow stronger.", a chorus of voices sings. Everyone in the market completely stopped in their tracks. "My children, The Great Symbiote is proud of you. Watching you grow these last three hundred years has been everything The Great Symbiote could've hoped for.", the voices continue. A wide smile appears over every face in the marketplace. "Your symbiosis has grown strong but The Great Symbiote has begun to retract into infinity. Don't panic, my children. Our great work will continue for your bonds are united well beyond your parentage. The Great Symbiote has full faith in your ability to maintain the empire. May your symbiosis grow stronger.", the chorus explains before dissipating. Bodies begin to move around again slowly. The faint scream of a woman wafts over the people's ears causing the pace of motion in the marketplace to quicken. A glass jar drops to the brick pavement ripping a giant hole in the silence that had pervaded the space a moment ago. Another woman lets out a shrill piercing scream causing other farther away to do the same. A...