Brace yourself, because this is probably going to sound really dumb.

So, everyone where I'm from is raised by a monster animal that we call a lusus, and we care for the lusus in turn as we grow up. The ones who are destined to become the empress all get raised by this one giant psychic leviathan with a name that sounds like when you blow bubbles in water. Gl'bgolyb, I think that's how you say it?

Anyway, if her voice ever got louder than a whisper, it would start killing trolls. Even across the galaxy. That's psychic powers for you, I guess. So, when my planet started getting bombarded with meteors and she started screaming, well! That was sort of the end of that.