This Zerg may be a towering monstrosity that reminds her far too much of certain other insectile horrors, and it may have just popped another insectile horror into its mouth like a caramel popcorn, but it has proved to at least be marginally intelligent. That counts for something.

"They go passive after the hive is complete," she informs it, tilting her head at the burrowing creatures. The body inside the casing is still very technically alive, but it won't be for much longer, and thanergy spikes off of it in a useful wave. Her eyes flutter as she drinks it in, but she doesn't lose herself to the sensation.

"At least until they're disturbed. Then they're quite difficult to work with...I recommend immediately disabling them all at once, if you can manage it." Collegiality with a monster; it isn't as if it's the first time. "What's your first impression?"