What, Exactly, is Mio-chan?

[numbmelody]

I finished watching the series over a year ago, so forgive me if this is painfully obvious, but I've always wondered what exactly Mio-chan is in relation to Queen Beryl. I remember someone saying that she was some kind of shadow of Beryl's desire or former self or something like that, but that doesn't quite make sense to me. Mio sometimes disobeys Beryl's orders, doesn't she? Is this question ever explained in the show?

[Sailor Astera]

I think she is meant to be like an avatar of Beryl.

[Amy-Chan]

She's beryl's shadow - just something conjured to make usagi's life miserable while pretending to be her friend, a extension with limited powers, but apparently independant.

[supremegoddess]

Yeah, basically what amy-chan said. I think the producers threw her in for a bit of spice in the show. Some of the things she does is truly evil! And, yeah, she does act independantly from Beryl (there are many cases of that), but she also sort of Beryl herself (like in the act where she hugs Mamoru and Beryl can feel him too).

[ladylilith]

Mh, they're more or less like "twins"...they share some emotions, but they're actually different people, I think Beryl created her maybe using a piece of her heart of something "magic" like that

[Isa The Great]

I haven't even really gotten that far into the pgsm series, but it's good to know this about her character ^_^