"I... thought she was here. I knew she was here... but I didn't want to believe it," Vespa muttered, moving one of her forelegs forward, her hoof tapping against the floor a few times as the shaking hoof trembled. "I've failed my queen twice now. First Bee fails a mission so vital, we might not have been in this mess now... and now Apocrita betrays the hive, gorging off your love until she undergoes metamorphosis..."