A tribute
On your first post.
To let you know that you will be the first.
We're going to cut the head off the Dragon soon.
I exonerated you on my announcements because we needed a story.
So we give them a story.
You tried to free yourself, the Dragon came for you, and then he felt oh-so terribly bad about it.
None of your betters will believe it of course, but they'll need something that sticks.
So we gave them it.
As the public watches the full story of hive on TV and we rise to heights not seen before - they'll need to act very quickly.
And..
We've laid it out for them on a silver platter.
When they come for you (and they will) burn this into your mind.
1 hour for every 1 month of pain you gave me.
You'll know it when it comes.