A deep breath.

The Chrysalis exploded around her.

Where was she?

Where was Glory?

Why did everything seem so small?

She opened her eyes, finding herself lying in a heap of shattered chrysalis. She got to her hind legs, standing up tall and shaking her head.

The air rung with magicka, so she knew she was still in Polaris. Her head rose, jaw dropping slightly as she tasted the air.

There was a mouth nearby. She could hear a heart beating, blood rushing through veins.

And, oh, she was hungry! So she lowered her head, and began to move. She stalked, finding herself much more sturdy than she had been as a child.

And oh! She was quick to discover that she was fast, too! Before she knew it, she had reached the Cave Rat, and it was vanishing down her gullet whole.

But, oh, she was still hungry!