Talk:Princess Celestia/@comment-7345250-20161012000945/@comment-24908786-20161014233237

That basically meant that she was giving them time to rebuild first, then work on building their friendship and alliance with Thorax and the Swarm next.

Plus, upon further reflection when she sees Chrysalis flee after swearing revenge on Starlight, Celestia looked sad and disappointed that Chrysalis refused Starlight's offer and remained consumed by her anger, hatred, and lust for revenge. That probably showed that, despite all the bad blood between her and Chrysalis for this and the Royal Wedding, Celestia really hoped she would reform with her Swarm. Since she didn't, Celestia only feels worse at how she may have to condemn Chrysalis to Tartarus at some point in the future.