“Great. Now the queen thought I was a misfit, too.”

“I did what I have been told to do by my queen. In so doing, I fell into a trap I couldn't escape. I still can't.""The trap of LUUUUVVVV, I thought sarcastically. But he was too serious, too calm, to mock.”

“Some Queen of the Pipes, I thought. I'd believed I was better than a mindless drone. But I was the mindless one, hiding away. Even now I referred to them as if I didn't belong.”

“You know its more than that. I know now that it was right that I didn't find my queen all these years. Waiting for you was worth everything that I thought I couldn't endure.”

“Think like a queen. A queen if not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.”

“I have tried," I said, "but he does not believe me. It is too late for that now" (it is always too late for truth, I thought).”