Chrysalis: "Look, it's not like it's fertilized, Shiny."



Shiny: "But your unfertilized eggs grow into drones!"



Cadance: "You know, I really like Smurfberry Crunch…I think I have since I was a filly. Best cereal ever."



Chrysalis: "And queens lay like 500 million of them in the average lifetime! If something didn't happen to them, Equestria would be withers-deep in Changelings in a year. How do you think we normally deal with all the extras? Do you honestly think we have a funeral followed by a burial for each and every egg?"



Cadance: "…Aaaand you're still going to have this conversation. Neat. It's like I live in some sort of weird parallel universe now where up is down and black is white. Maybe Luna and Celestia have goatees in this one. Whatever. Okay."





Shiny: "You mean…YOU EAT YOUR OWN EGGS???"



Cadance: "Maybe you should keep an open mind about this, Shiny. I mean, do we honestly need more Changelings roaming the landscape?"



Chrysalis: "Oh hush. Yes, Shiny, we eat them. Every chance we get. Or sell them. I mean, we don't really need the nutrition much as adults but they're good for growing hatchlings. Lots of vitamins and minerals. And they make our chitin shiny. Do you think my carapace is this glossy by accident?"



Cadance: "I thought you were just stealing my crown polish. I keep finding mine missing, along with my hoofbuffer and my Mane n' Tail conditioner…"



Chrysalis: "Oh shut up and eat your Smarmberries."



Cadance: "SMURFBERRIES!"



Chrysalis: "What'd I say?"



Shiny: "B-but…that's CANNIBALISM! YOU'RE EATING YOUR OWN KIND!"



Chrysalis: "Well, if you're going to get snippy about it…"



Shiny: "BUT THAT'S WRONG! JUST SO WRONG!"



Chrysalis: "Look, it's not like they're fully developed drones. We hardly ever eat those. They get a lot tougher when you let them get that far along. You have to slow-cook them and who has the time and patience for that? It's an all day thing, we save that for special occasions…"



Shiny: Gagging Horse Noises



Cadance: "Oh, Jeez…just gimme that. Here." [Shoves bowl of brightly colored cereal in front of Shiny while dragging his plate of fried changeling eggs to rest in front of her] "One of us has to put on the big mare pants and keep the Changeling population in check. Eat your cereal, Shiny."



[Munching horse noises]



Cadance: [pausing in her munching with an uncertain look on her face] "You know, these taste good and it's deeply disturbing to me."



Chrysalis: "But I—I wanted SHINY to eat my eggs!!!"



Shiny: "Uh….do we have any Peanut Butter Crunch instead? I don't like the Smurfberry one."



Cadance: [low growling]



Shiny: [sweating] "H-hey, I just found out I like Smurfberry Crunch. Best cereal ever!"