"Then you underestimate my da- offspring and her resolve toward the hive. I did not train her because I laid her egg, but because I saw the intention to do everything she can for the betterment of our species. She embodies the same desire our legacy has carried for generations. Such an intention would not be shaken so easily by a creature like you," Vespa countered. You noticed the slip of her tongue, the fact she was going to say daughter, but then changed it. You already got that the whole 'maternal instinct' thing didn't come easily, or almost at all, to this mare, but unless she was actively working against it, she was feeling something. And whatever that something was, that's what you wanted to drag out of her.