((I came across such a beautiful picture of a hugely preggy Gardevoir, recently. I thought you all might like to see:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10641001/ ))
Such a beautiful thing! It's beauty compounded Cyall's conflicted feelings until she felt herself slipping rapidly towards a dark and fierce love for it's beauty. She wanted to have it, and all the others she had birthed, and all the others, and, and... her mind filled with images of herself bathing in these golden kernels mixed with other gems; all for herself, and more growing in her belly. She caught herself then, feeling like she barely stopped herself from falling over the edge into a mad greed, a madness in which she would have snatched the nugget from even her Mistress's claws, and gone on to gather up all the others she could hold!
From the outside she would be seen to gesture towards the nugget Malicy held up, yearning on her face as she reached out to it for just a moment, but her expression quickly shifted into a doubtful and dark-eyed sadness. Her hand fell to her side, but she continued to stare at the nugget as Mistress explained.
The details explained didn't move the young beetle-girl, not nearly as much as her own feelings already had, but her horrifying vision of her own greed was already dissipating, blowing away like smoke. Cyall let it blow away, especially when that imp appeared again; a sight which heralded a meal, if Cyall understood Mistress Alicia's household already. Food would be nice right now. A few minutes later a fairly happy pixie was gratefully helping herself to another delicious meal.
After that came cracking the rest of the eggs; that's what they were to her. It was a rather troubling activity, not because she was cracking her own eggs but because she had born things which weren't alive. It gave her a lot to think about, but as the work went on she gradually came to a conclusion. She would go through it again, many times, but only if she could have her own... something from her body too.
Children were the obvious 'something,' but Cyall found herself imagining that in Mistress Alicia's dark sorceries living things might be summoned through her womb, and she found the thought strangely compelling! Perhaps if she were allowed to keep a couple as pets...
That was only if she were allowed to stay in the Mistress's service. If she weren't, she decided she would set up house with the payment she would no doubt receive, find a husband, and have as many babies as she could. Probably.
With those conclusions safely arrived at, the remainder of the work passed swiftly. Her heart sometimes twinged as she set a dull egg aside, but it wasn't entirely a bad feeling. Still, she was fairly tired by the end; her attention span shortened, but Mistress had a very pleasant surprise for her: a kiss! It made Cyall feel much better, and she smiled sweetly up at the dragoness who had taken her in, however temporarily.
And then there was another surprise! Cyall felt butterflies in her stomach as Mistress Alicia took her aside. What could this be about? Mistress's first words made her feel rather cold and small, but her next interested her greatly. She had a bright, inquisitive mind which was going to waste in her poor life, and a taste for the curious and weird, so the thought of studying the arcane was delightful to her. When Mistress Alicia asked her to be her apprentice, adding security to learning, Cyall nearly jumped for joy! Her face lit up, and she said without hesitation, "Yes!"