I read it as “lives”.

Hives.

Dont you even remember your hive? Are you that far gone that you don’t recall the comfort and security of a seething mass of thousands of your genetic clones living together, naked and slippery with royal jelly?

Look what was stolen from you.

Dues. They do “b” and “d” weird.

Edit: woops, I see “lives,” now, but they did do their “b” weird.

Lives