Firefly Ravine "Speak", the queen said

Chusi didn't listen because she had to and wanted to, no. She just found her mother really scary when she was angry. Of course she wouldn't want to listen to a being that kept her locked up in the dark all day and night, but at least the girl had accepted her dark fate. This was her life, and yet she could do only so little with it. She kept her eyes on her left paw as she moved it around in boredom and nervousness. 

Her ears perked back up as mum talked, but she didn't sound all that impressed. This wasn't boosting her self-confidence at all, even though she had lots of it with strangers. It was just something about her mother that drained the life out of her in a way, and she couldn't explain it. Daaark... She tried again, this time being somewhat successful with copying.