Of course, Mitch was not referring to a pet. He wanted to find a feline for his second mutation.
He was aiming for the trifecta of basic stats.
The fight against the queen had taught him something crucial.
Even if your defenses were impenetrable and even if your strength could crush any opponent, the moment you met someone fast enough, you would lose.
There were three reasons he won against the queen.
Because the ants are bigger than normal, the structure of their nest is unstable.
Because he was smarter than the queen, he was able to taunt her into throwing caution to the wind.
Because the queen was so big, it lacked the same mobility that Mitch had.
If any of these three were missing, the one buried in the ground would not be the queen—it would be Mitch.
He doubted that there would be an opponent that could outwit him in this world, and he would most likely not fight in an environment that was unfavorable to him.
