"My head was throbbing from the static air and the monotonous humming that had slowly been growing louder as millions of tiny chitinous bodies encircled her like an abhorrent shield. A twitch of an ear and they would burst into shapeless clouds and quickly take on new formations.
'I'm not like other girls.' Her words from earlier dug their way back into my mind, along with the smirk she had given me; a smirk that had now turned into a lipless grin."
