Head of Council:
Human. You have been brought before the council to face judgment for crimes against the colony. Read the charges.
Council Guard:
"This human-destructor beast hereafter referred to as Peanut the Destroyer did willfully and with malice aforethought crush the food-storage chambers flood all of the lower hatching chambers and douse the colony with the dreaded yellow rain."
[The ants collectively grimace in disgust]
Lucas:
Hey, come on - I had to go!
Head of Council:
[Banging drum] Sentencing of the human will be handed down by the queen herself.
[The ants bow as the Queen Ant appears]
Queen Ant:
Greetings, my children... and to our unusual guest. A human that threatens the very existence of our colony.
Lucas:
Wait a second! Wait, wait, wait, time out. How was I supposed to know ants have feelings or families or trials? You're just a bunch of stupid ants!
Ant #1:
Destroy the destroyer!
Ant #2:
Throw him in the pit!
Little Ant:
Let's eat him!
Zoc:
No, wait. We are not mindless savages! This human should be studied. And then we'll eat him!
Ants:
[Chanting] Eat! Eat! Eat! Eat! Eat!
Head of Council:
ORDER! ORDER! [Banging drum]
Queen Ant:
Be still, be still. Tonight, we have a choice. We could destroy this human and make safe this day. Or we could change the nature of his human and perhaps create a brighter future for all ants. I, therefore, send the human to live and work in the colony, to learn our ways. He must ... become an ant.
Lucas/Zoc:
What?!
Zoc:
No. No, my Queen! What if he does not become an ant? Okay? I mean, come on!
Queen Ant:
That would be ... regrettable.
Zoc:
But - But who will teach him our ways?
Hova:
[Stepping forwards] I will.
Zoc:
Hova?
Queen Ant:
It is done. Let us continue our work.
[She disappears as the court begins to disperse]
Lucas:
That's it? How long am I gonna be like this? I wanna go home! Wait! It's inhuman!
Head of Council:
[Turning back to Lucas] Yes. It is.
