"My life before now, before Equestria... it sucked, you know? Like, I didn't live the worst life. There are people out there who had it far worse than I did. I had a job, a home, a small collection of assholes I called friends and family. They weren't much, but they were mine, you know?" you asked, pushing yourself up into a seated position. "You talk about how important it is for you to be an individual inside your own hive, I found it important to have this handful of things that I could say was mine because I had worked to earn them and care for them... and they're gone."