The Giants roamed the lands until they fell from exhaustion. Their joints rusted, all circuitry fried beyond repair, batteries draining slowly over hundreds of years and then The Fall.
The Ants built the Giants to fight their wars and the Termites returned the animosity with giants of their own. The designs for the automatons were discovered in the tunnels of the ancients.
The eusocial insects admired the ancients and saw the plans of a war that ended thousands of years ago.
To be like the ones they so admired they set their minds to bring to life the great machines.
The time came and they set the Giants against one another. In battles all over the world they clashed.
The eusocial soon grew board with the constant fighting. Both sides had been built to the same measure and no progress was made to end the war.
So they turned off the fighting protocols and went back underground leaving their creations to roam without purpose. Slowly, they died.
The Ants hailed their Queen the winner and the Termites did likewise proclaiming victory in the name of their Queen.
War always ends the same. With two sides claiming victory. But none win.
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