The original story was going to be about a nymph who was nearly destroyed as an egg, and as a result was born with many defects, including a silver carapace. She was bullied by the other changelings because of this, and eventually driven out of the hive.

But then, when I came across the story months later after writing it (originally written July 2014), I realized that the whole story premise was terrible, so I made a slight modification to the prologue so that it would stand as one story.