Remi watched the Beast Ball explode in Shukaku's mouth in awe. She knew her mother was strong, but that display of strength, of the Queen's strength...

Then the Empress came from the brush and broke its will so easily. It was amazing. 

"Little One, follow the Empress and protect her ideas with your life." Neferti spoke to her in their native tongue. "Freedom through order. You must break a bone to make them stinger. It is like the Hive." she looks at the girl whom looked up at her in confusion. "Listen carefully, ok?" Remi nodded. 

"The Hive is at peace because everyone knows their job, and understands that we will fall should those jobs suffer. They cannot change jobs, they are not allowed that freedom. But see, they are allowed to come and go as they please. They are allowed to fill in should another die. And we protect everyone else in the Hive. They answer to me and my whims, and I to the Sage. But I also understand that I have a job too. And that is to make sure everyone is taken care of, fed, and content. If there are internal disputes, I decide whom is right and whom is wrong in a fair hearing." the Queen paused and Remi nodded. She remembered how the Hive worked. 

"Your Empress seems to have a similar concept, and I must say that I agree. Your Empress shares similar values. Break the Rebels and the civilians will be controlled. Control them, eliminate their need for ambition and devote their pride towards work. And you will help bring peace through subjugation." Remi rubs the back of her head. 

"I don't know if I...can, Mother..."

"You are strong enough. And your conviction to your Empress and her ideas must be as unshakable as they are to mine." Remi opens her mouth to speak when a stray hornet passes by their area. 

"A Konaha No Bachi? Mother?" 

"Hm...call it to you and take it to your Empress. This is odd and unsettling, these never stray far from Konohagakure." Remi nodded and ran to catch the hornet. She managed to catch it in her hands and flinched a bit at the subsequent series of stings. Her body adapted to the pheromone signals the little insect was releasing to signal for help. Her eyes become like those of an hornet as she calmed it down. She laid the insect on her neck, beneath the loose scarf to protect it on the journey to the Empress. The Queen disappeared after reminding the hornet approved human of her motherly love. Remi replied that she loved her too before she took off to report to the Empress.