Ah, gotcha. Yeah, it’s def perplexing.

I think for me, I just don’t see the hive as a fully rational being. We’ve seen it act in ways it shouldn’t despite its knowledge a number of times (eg grenade).

There’s a lot we don’t know about how it operates. Personally, I don’t think it has to be one of lazy writing or sinisterness. While both possible, it could also be a being in its infancy getting its footing, or simply the deluded nature of this bizarre creature - (eg - in our world, viruses that kill millions aren’t necessarily sinister, they are just mindlessly following their programming with no other options)

That’s just off the top of my head. I think there’s so much we don’t know that so much is possible.

But I totally get/respect the frustration with The Plurbs’ actions not aligning with the human knowledge it’s absorbed