Talk:Radiance/@comment-32918198-20170821234055/@comment-26116862-20170918150531

I found this on the "the infection" page of this wiki

All the bugs under the influence of the plague are connected in a hive mind and turned into a feral state, much like they were before the new monarch of Hallownest,  the Pale King, arose from the deceased  Wyrm.

If this is true then it is not a jerk move, but more like freedom from the hivemind, still with a ruler and such, but at least a bit freer.