O inseto-Kinden parece ser de vários tamanhos, mas todos em escala humana, variando de cerca de um metro de altura, até cerca de sete.
She saw it was their captain, Amnon, who had always terrified her. He was over six foot – very tall for a Beetle – but he seemed at least a foot taller still.
The Scarab Path
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And the day after, Sperra [a fly-Kinden] had been sent for by the Queen. So here she was, a woman of three foot nine inches, in plain and darned clothes, appearing before the Royal Court of Sarn.
Dragonfly Falling
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There was no time to wonder. Another Scorpion-kinden thundered past, another giant. They were all at least seven feet tall for sure.
The Scarab Path
Nós vemos vários objetos descritos em polegadas. Mais uma vez, estes são consistentes com uma escala humana.
More light struck the vast dagger of earth and stone, turning it the colour of honey. It was a hundred feet high, perhaps more, for the scale of the buildings in its shadow was hard to guess. Che had a strange feeling in her stomach at the sight which, after some hesitation, she identified as excitement.
The Scarab Path
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Che did not hesitate. Even as the dark figure turned she was on him, having instantly drawn the knife she carried everywhere for protection. It was a tiny thing, barely four inches of blade, but she raked it savagely across his back.
Empire in Black and Gold
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‘In Collegium, kept in a certain private collection, there is this item. A box, no more than six inches to a side. Unopenable, or at least you are apparently advised not to open it.
Dragonfly Falling
Curiosamente, insetos em escala de insetos também parecem existir no mundo também
Now all she had to do was to prise open her mind sufficiently to allow the enveloping perfection of that Ideal into her life, and to accept its gifts. And yet her mind still battered against the recent past like a fly at a window pane.
Empire in Black and Gold
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‘Tried.’ She shrugged. ‘They broke out the Chneuma five nights ago, and now we’re all buzzing about inside our own heads like flies in a bottle.
Seal of the Worm
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They splashed on through clear, shallow water for a moment, then there was plantlife all around, more mud underfoot, and a fog of gnats that seemed almost solid.
Heirs of the Blade