"....Oy! Oy, Charles!"

The ant in question snaps awake.

"Wot? Wot the bloody termite mound do ya want?"

" 'Ey now, mate. Cool ya pods. I wuz just wunnerin'....Whaddya make o' that Vivian? Eh? Eh?"

"Oh for the queen's sake, mate, put it away!"

" 'Eyyy nowwww, don't go denyin' it! I know how you're partial to them large thoraxed gals! Oh aye, and she's got one that could make a beetle blush an' no doubt about it! Heh heh heh."

Charles glances around furtively, checking for listeners.

"Aye, mate. That's one fine specimen, she is. By gum, I wouldn't mind 'er restin' 'er feelers on me, if ya know what i'm sayin'"

"Well you fickle old rogue! Goin' on 'bout keepin' it in. Sounds like you've molested the lass with yer eyes, an' no doubt about it. If'n you was cock-eyed, she'd 'ave lost 'er virginity boi now!"

"Now that's pushin' it. Nary a reason to go gettin' dirty aboot it. I merely admire her....well....just her."

"Ehhh heh heh heh, Oi'm sure you'd like to be makin' larvae with that 'un!"

"Oy! Pack it away, mate, for your sake and mine! The Queen's in there an' yew know it! We could be demoted quicker then loightnin' if'n you isn't careful. We both know she ain't no soft shell, she wouldn't 'esitate."

"Aye, yer right. I 'pologize. I got a bit carried away. Now...wait a moment. I 'ear someone comin'. To attention mate!"

The two snapped into strict, straight forward attention. Thorax puffed out, feelers standing straight, and a steady eye upon the wall in front. Around the corner came the interrupter of conversations. And, as coincidence would have it, Vivian, the "large thoraxed gal" glided by.

"Hello, gentlemen." She said as she passed.

After she had passed, all that could be heard was.

"Ehhhh heh heh heh! Oy think she was lookin' at you mate. That's a fine set of ant parts, I dare say."

"Aye mate. I'd like to meet her at a picnic."

And then, from within the throne room, the Queen shouted out.

"Gentlemen, I do hope that in the course of your....admiration for Miss Vivian, you have kept a weather eye out for my safety?"

A quick embarassed glance exchanged between the two guards and the conversation thus ended with two gruff and much needed clearings of ones throat.