"You... you seem to be overestimating the maternal instinct that Vespa has for her offspring. To her, they were always extensions of herself that existed to serve Queen Chrysalis and the hive as a whole. She probably has more knowledge of her own daughter as her teacher than as her mother, although admittedly I did see her smile once when Apocrita was raised to the rank of elite guard, with her claiming that she was pleased to have successfully brought forth a worthy successor," Chitin explained, now starting to tick you off a bit with all the information he knew.