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// Chrysalis' Interlude #2 
// Story: Dark as Chitin 
// by LostBox 
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So... she has a child now. From the looks of it, she has to be at least 17, 18? I'm not quite sure. Ponies and changelings mature at different rates, the latter being much faster. I had my suspicions for a while, but I had no evidence to go off of. 

I might have to come to terms with the reality that it may have been more than a decade since I've been sealed away. It's no trouble really, just... a bit jarring.

On a brighter note, Chimera's changeling abilities are developing nicely, and now that he has access to knowledge, he'll be far better off. I've been thinking about what he said to me earlier though.

“Part of a mother’s duty is to prepare their child for the world so that they can take care of themselves.”

I'm not sure where he got it from, because it certainly wasn't me, but it makes sense. I just... I need some time to think it over some more. 

It's just that after some reminiscing, I realized that... I've never done that for my children. I was always telling them exactly what to do, using them, sacrificing them... for the sake of the hive. No, is that really the truth? Was I ever really looking out for the hive?

If that was really my intent, we could have just lived in secrecy among the ponies, absorbing love passively to survive.  It's not like there was a scarcity of it. 

I let my pride get out of hoof. It's my fault. It's all my fault. No, no it's not! If it wasn't for those ponies, I would still have a... I would still have a family. It's not my fault... but it is. At every chance I was given, I chose confrontation. 

It really was all my fault. What was my plan when I escaped this prison anyway? Vengeance? Yes, that's what it was. Yet, I have nothing left to avenge. There was no rhyme or reason, just my pride. 

Alright fine, I admit it, I was wrong. I've always been wrong. So what happens now? What happens now that my purpose in life has vanished? What do I even have left?

A mother's duty...