"Indeed you were, but you've become more to me with time. When you finally submitted yourself to the desires plaguing you and divining me with that wonderful stallionhood of yours, I finally saw you as more than a pawn in my plans. You were a centerpiece, even more so than before. One I would not give up," the increasingly sinister sounding queen admitted, glancing at you, but keeping her head firmly set to face only forward as she made her way, an aura about her that seemed to tell any Changeling in her path to move out of sight. "I intentionally sabotaged the remainder of the negotiations so that officially, Canterlot would have withdrawn any of its vested interest in you, with even the princesses hard pressed to seek your freedom through the sacrifice of even a single pony," Chrysalis confessed, although it didn't really come as a surprise to you. Her intentions there seemed so obvious during the second and final negotiation.