Growth without sustenance leads to extinction. In life, as in the deep, your ambition must be balanced by your resources.

Conflict doesn't always end in destruction; sometimes it results in transformation. Influence is often stronger than elimination.

The environment shifts beneath you. Those who cannot find a new target when the old one vanishes are destined to fade.

No hive rules forever. Dominance is a temporary state, a delicate dance between reproduction and survival.