When a nation is starving, it must expand to feed the populace.
Sometimes, this means war.
Sometimes, war is lost.
But a good leader will not accept defeat until Death himself commands them, and will fight for the survival of their people even amid a crushing defeat and abject humiliation. A good leader will not quit.
A good leader is willing to wait.
Chrysalis is one such leader.
Wow, this is going to get popular, fast
P.S -Real glad to be your first commenter on this story!
Very interesting, some good world-building on the Changelings. Have a star
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Haha, glad you think so. That'd be a pleasant change of pace, my work tends to be the tree that falls in the forest when nobody's around to hear it.
If a pony walks into a Changeling hive full of very hungry Changelings, what does he/she expect?
I certainly enjoyed the story. A nice take on the natural ways of the Changelings.
Huh.
This deserves more views.
Have my upvote in the mean time.