
"Don't you think it's cruel to keep all this beauty and talent to myself?" she asked her mirror-self, pausing her movements to frown at her reflection, "I'm keeping so much from the world!" With a determined look, she turned from the mirror and dramatically opened her arms to the room, as if addressing an audience with baited breath. "That settles it! Truly I must imbue a stone to bless future generations!" she exclaimed, and stopped to bask in the applause she heard in her head. As with all her large and important decisions, it seems this one was made on a whim. 'Having a child to manipulate into a perfect little demon could be satisfying. She thought as she left the room, ready to face the real stage once more. 'As long as I don't have to clean up after it.'