1 00:00:00,179 --> 00:00:07,620 heroes we all need heroes children now 2 00:00:04,769 --> 00:00:09,149 more than ever it's a good fight that 3 00:00:07,620 --> 00:00:12,030 they're fighting and they're doing it on 4 00:00:09,150 --> 00:00:14,789 behalf of all of us but the equestrian 5 00:00:12,029 --> 00:00:17,579 wasteland is hard on heroes now it's 6 00:00:14,789 --> 00:00:21,140 brutal to him beats him down tears him 7 00:00:17,579 --> 00:00:25,948 apart eventually every hero falls 8 00:00:21,140 --> 00:00:28,380 inevitably every hero fails now listen 9 00:00:25,949 --> 00:00:30,529 close children heroes ain't machines 10 00:00:28,379 --> 00:00:34,140 from some a question robotics Factory 11 00:00:30,528 --> 00:00:35,460 heroes are ponies just like us doing the 12 00:00:34,140 --> 00:00:38,159 things that we should be doing because 13 00:00:35,460 --> 00:00:39,929 there ain't no Pony else doing them the 14 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:43,709 true mark of a hero is not that they 15 00:00:39,929 --> 00:00:45,229 never fail never fall down I've said it 16 00:00:43,710 --> 00:00:47,670 a hundred times and I'll say it again 17 00:00:45,229 --> 00:00:48,988 the one great truth of the wasteland is 18 00:00:47,670 --> 00:00:52,500 that everypony has done something they 19 00:00:48,988 --> 00:00:54,869 regret now he know it's true hero by 20 00:00:52,500 --> 00:00:56,730 what they do after they fall by the way 21 00:00:54,869 --> 00:00:58,169 they pick themselves back up again shake 22 00:00:56,729 --> 00:01:00,988 themselves off and thrown Sam's right 23 00:00:58,170 --> 00:01:02,399 back in that good fight despite what 24 00:01:00,988 --> 00:01:05,819 they've done and despite the bleak 25 00:01:02,399 --> 00:01:08,549 prospects of a happy ending sad truth is 26 00:01:05,819 --> 00:01:10,228 most CEOs don't survive or they become 27 00:01:08,549 --> 00:01:13,680 overwhelmed by the cruelty and despair 28 00:01:10,228 --> 00:01:15,719 and disheartened they give up but in the 29 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:18,270 stable dweller that bringer of light 30 00:01:15,719 --> 00:01:22,739 I've seen a hero of an entirely new tier 31 00:01:18,269 --> 00:01:24,239 I was convinced I still AM that this 32 00:01:22,739 --> 00:01:28,469 heroine will never surrender to the 33 00:01:24,239 --> 00:01:30,828 wasteland never give up there is however 34 00:01:28,469 --> 00:01:33,000 one other faith that may befall heroes 35 00:01:30,828 --> 00:01:34,589 when the horrors and the pain of the 36 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:37,920 equestrian wasteland become too much for 37 00:01:34,590 --> 00:01:41,340 them they can snap they can turn to the 38 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:43,259 very monsters they chose to fight sadly 39 00:01:41,340 --> 00:01:45,750 children it can happen to the very best 40 00:01:43,259 --> 00:01:47,849 of ponies even Fluttershy had her 41 00:01:45,750 --> 00:01:49,769 gardens of Canterlot 42 00:01:47,849 --> 00:01:51,209 now we don't know if that's what 43 00:01:49,769 --> 00:01:53,129 happened to our heroine of the wasteland 44 00:01:51,209 --> 00:01:57,209 or if there's more to this story than 45 00:01:53,129 --> 00:01:59,759 we've been told we just don't know but I 46 00:01:57,209 --> 00:02:01,319 can tell you this the pony who first 47 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,600 reported the slaughter at Arbor was and 48 00:02:01,319 --> 00:02:05,579 Buckland cross now that's a steel 49 00:02:03,599 --> 00:02:07,019 rangers stronghold and i got my reasons 50 00:02:05,579 --> 00:02:09,179 to take a critical eye to what they have 51 00:02:07,019 --> 00:02:11,370 to say so i've started to do some 52 00:02:09,179 --> 00:02:12,719 digging and I started that digging by 53 00:02:11,370 --> 00:02:15,450 trying to contact a gal I know a 54 00:02:12,719 --> 00:02:19,109 buckling cross river seed she's a 55 00:02:15,449 --> 00:02:19,949 trustworthy pony well turns out she 56 00:02:19,110 --> 00:02:24,030 ain't there anymore 57 00:02:19,949 --> 00:02:25,679 no pony is buckling cross where our 58 00:02:24,030 --> 00:02:31,259 witness of the arbor Massacre claimed to 59 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:33,900 be from is dead completely wiped out now 60 00:02:31,259 --> 00:02:35,340 children I know this looks bad to 61 00:02:33,900 --> 00:02:38,700 communities in the vicinity of our 62 00:02:35,340 --> 00:02:40,860 heroine wiped out I'm still holding onto 63 00:02:38,699 --> 00:02:42,988 hope but I'd be remiss if I didn't send 64 00:02:40,860 --> 00:02:44,580 out a word of warning just on the chance 65 00:02:42,989 --> 00:02:47,789 at the equestrian wastelands facing a 66 00:02:44,580 --> 00:02:50,190 whole new kind of dark so if we see a 67 00:02:47,789 --> 00:02:52,979 band of well-armed ponies including a 68 00:02:50,189 --> 00:02:54,810 Pegasus and a zebra headed your way or a 69 00:02:52,979 --> 00:02:57,389 Pegasus pulled passenger wagon flying 70 00:02:54,810 --> 00:03:01,319 nearby until we know better 71 00:02:57,389 --> 00:03:02,579 maybe you best be someplace else but if 72 00:03:01,319 --> 00:03:05,729 the stable dweller should come to your 73 00:03:02,580 --> 00:03:07,680 door don't lock it because if our hopes 74 00:03:05,729 --> 00:03:09,149 are true then she's more in need of our 75 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:12,739 help in our support right now than ever 76 00:03:09,150 --> 00:03:16,019 before and if our fears are true then 77 00:03:12,739 --> 00:03:19,219 well children she might just see that 78 00:03:16,019 --> 00:03:19,219 locked door as a challenge 79 00:03:20,939 --> 00:03:26,039 how bad calamity demanded it's not 80 00:03:24,330 --> 00:03:29,340 pushed up against grandpa rattle as if 81 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:31,769 the two bucks were going to kiss I need 82 00:03:29,340 --> 00:03:33,390 to know cuz I'm trying real hard here to 83 00:03:31,770 --> 00:03:36,870 make sense of this all and it just 84 00:03:33,389 --> 00:03:39,179 didn't happen I love little pip and I 85 00:03:36,870 --> 00:03:40,770 want this be right somehow but all I'm 86 00:03:39,180 --> 00:03:43,620 seeing his group a good folk who took us 87 00:03:40,770 --> 00:03:47,730 in Ferris offered a shelter and got 88 00:03:43,620 --> 00:03:51,719 slaughtered for their kindness I just 89 00:03:47,729 --> 00:03:57,479 wiped out of town a whole town I just 90 00:03:51,719 --> 00:03:59,250 killed murdered so many ponies my rage 91 00:03:57,479 --> 00:04:03,449 had burned itself out leaving me an 92 00:03:59,250 --> 00:04:07,139 empty husk I wasn't sad or angry if 93 00:04:03,449 --> 00:04:11,459 anything I just felt Hollow and slightly 94 00:04:07,139 --> 00:04:16,589 confused the events of the lasts how 95 00:04:11,460 --> 00:04:19,379 long did it take an hour less I couldn't 96 00:04:16,589 --> 00:04:20,819 even remember my thoughts and memories 97 00:04:19,379 --> 00:04:23,310 were all jumbled and refused to 98 00:04:20,819 --> 00:04:24,899 straighten out my comprehension of what 99 00:04:23,310 --> 00:04:26,490 I had done was as much from the evidence 100 00:04:24,899 --> 00:04:29,549 in front of me as from my fragmented 101 00:04:26,490 --> 00:04:30,240 recollection of my own actions there 102 00:04:29,550 --> 00:04:33,620 were cannibals 103 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:36,949 Stielow stated not for the first time 104 00:04:33,620 --> 00:04:41,110 you saw it yourself 105 00:04:36,949 --> 00:04:44,300 the basement go see for yourselves 106 00:04:41,110 --> 00:04:45,680 that's what I told them my friends had 107 00:04:44,300 --> 00:04:48,288 caught up to me just after I stepped 108 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:51,379 into Starbucks but not before I started 109 00:04:48,288 --> 00:04:55,068 shooting the coat was in there sandy 110 00:04:51,379 --> 00:05:00,620 shore I remembered that now they were at 111 00:04:55,069 --> 00:05:02,090 a dinner table eating again the bastards 112 00:05:00,620 --> 00:05:04,490 had already fed the boy his own father 113 00:05:02,089 --> 00:05:08,959 and it just wasn't enough for them 114 00:05:04,490 --> 00:05:10,968 I remembered the fire pit hot coals in 115 00:05:08,959 --> 00:05:12,468 flame and the rod of iron with the twist 116 00:05:10,968 --> 00:05:16,459 ending that took the shape of the RV 117 00:05:12,468 --> 00:05:18,740 brand glowing him in my rage I assumed 118 00:05:16,459 --> 00:05:20,418 they were going to brand him but in the 119 00:05:18,740 --> 00:05:23,778 wake of things that didn't make much 120 00:05:20,418 --> 00:05:25,188 sense and I think one of the other 121 00:05:23,778 --> 00:05:27,908 ponies there had been in the fire fight 122 00:05:25,189 --> 00:05:29,599 against the bandits this morning I 123 00:05:27,908 --> 00:05:31,009 remembered that calamity had been 124 00:05:29,598 --> 00:05:33,378 shocked and concerned as he watched me 125 00:05:31,009 --> 00:05:34,360 open fire velvet had been nearly 126 00:05:33,379 --> 00:05:38,778 hysterical 127 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:40,389 the basement I had shouted go see for 128 00:05:38,778 --> 00:05:43,569 yourselves 129 00:05:40,389 --> 00:05:46,968 ain't no pony here was saving boy 130 00:05:43,569 --> 00:05:47,598 grandpa rattle told calamity except for 131 00:05:46,968 --> 00:05:49,668 the kids 132 00:05:47,598 --> 00:05:52,009 anypony worth being called a pony left 133 00:05:49,668 --> 00:05:54,698 this town years ago found other ways of 134 00:05:52,009 --> 00:05:59,180 surviving well you're still here 135 00:05:54,699 --> 00:06:01,009 calamity pointed out harshly somepony 136 00:05:59,180 --> 00:06:05,288 had to stay for little ones the other 137 00:06:01,009 --> 00:06:05,288 buck replied and the warm folk away 138 00:06:05,408 --> 00:06:11,180 calamity looked like he wanted to argue 139 00:06:07,459 --> 00:06:12,769 that but grandpa rattle continued every 140 00:06:11,180 --> 00:06:15,800 other Pony here was a will and potty to 141 00:06:12,769 --> 00:06:17,240 murder and worse those who didn't some 142 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:20,509 went to friendship City a got a ville 143 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:22,218 some just joined up with bandits Hellboy 144 00:06:20,509 --> 00:06:23,740 I have to focus out this morning used to 145 00:06:22,218 --> 00:06:25,550 live here 146 00:06:23,740 --> 00:06:29,509 Clem your real two-bit of that 147 00:06:25,550 --> 00:06:31,098 revelation the little ones the children 148 00:06:29,509 --> 00:06:33,278 of our boo were huddled together behind 149 00:06:31,098 --> 00:06:35,048 velvet Remedies shield spell 150 00:06:33,278 --> 00:06:36,218 my unicorn friend had maintained the 151 00:06:35,048 --> 00:06:38,168 shield since the fighting started 152 00:06:36,218 --> 00:06:40,259 dropping it only when I floated a new 153 00:06:38,168 --> 00:06:42,748 filly er Colt from one of the old stores 154 00:06:40,259 --> 00:06:44,979 she hadn't fired a shot the entire time 155 00:06:42,749 --> 00:06:48,219 just stood there inside her shield 156 00:06:44,978 --> 00:06:50,288 guarding the children by the time I had 157 00:06:48,218 --> 00:06:52,478 come out of the Starbuck building of the 158 00:06:50,288 --> 00:06:55,028 coltan two young fillies in tow the 159 00:06:52,478 --> 00:06:57,548 others had come out of the clinic they 160 00:06:55,028 --> 00:06:59,949 had seen what I had seen but by then it 161 00:06:57,548 --> 00:07:03,068 didn't matter the rest of the town was 162 00:06:59,949 --> 00:07:04,689 awake and they were shooting back if it 163 00:07:03,069 --> 00:07:05,860 hadn't been for velvet remedy the town 164 00:07:04,689 --> 00:07:08,919 might have killed its own children in 165 00:07:05,860 --> 00:07:09,610 the crossfire calamity had shot back in 166 00:07:08,918 --> 00:07:12,178 self-defense 167 00:07:09,610 --> 00:07:14,110 firing to wound and incapacitate I 168 00:07:12,178 --> 00:07:15,609 remembered his look of horrors I 169 00:07:14,110 --> 00:07:18,069 finished off a pony he'd taken out in 170 00:07:15,610 --> 00:07:19,689 the fight through crippling steel hooves 171 00:07:18,069 --> 00:07:22,209 had also fought defensively letting me 172 00:07:19,689 --> 00:07:23,829 enter each place first but unlike 173 00:07:22,209 --> 00:07:26,769 calamity my ghoul friend didn't pull the 174 00:07:23,829 --> 00:07:29,079 Bucks custards pies was burning from the 175 00:07:26,769 --> 00:07:30,548 missiles he had fired something in the 176 00:07:29,079 --> 00:07:32,709 architecture must keep those fires and 177 00:07:30,548 --> 00:07:33,668 spreading I thought because all of our 178 00:07:32,709 --> 00:07:37,988 boo should have been burning to the 179 00:07:33,668 --> 00:07:40,198 ground I looked at the children they 180 00:07:37,988 --> 00:07:42,848 hugged each other crying terrified 181 00:07:40,199 --> 00:07:45,038 cowering behind velvet casting horrified 182 00:07:42,848 --> 00:07:46,348 or hateful looks at me I just stood 183 00:07:45,038 --> 00:07:49,568 there and soaked up their hate I 184 00:07:46,348 --> 00:07:51,668 couldn't blame them the poor children 185 00:07:49,569 --> 00:07:54,369 had seen me murder their parents their 186 00:07:51,668 --> 00:07:55,959 families more than one had heard their 187 00:07:54,369 --> 00:07:57,759 mothers scream out rape as I first 188 00:07:55,959 --> 00:08:00,838 ripped their clothing from them looking 189 00:07:57,759 --> 00:08:02,979 to see if they had taken the brand I 190 00:08:00,838 --> 00:08:05,829 swallowed as the first feelings returned 191 00:08:02,978 --> 00:08:07,988 to my soul pain and horror what I had 192 00:08:05,829 --> 00:08:10,408 done to these children what I had let 193 00:08:07,988 --> 00:08:13,620 them see in the name of saving them 194 00:08:10,408 --> 00:08:16,228 goddesses what had I done 195 00:08:13,620 --> 00:08:18,780 there were five in all of them plus the 196 00:08:16,228 --> 00:08:20,399 cult whose father I killed plus one 197 00:08:18,779 --> 00:08:22,529 young buck with them but not much other 198 00:08:20,399 --> 00:08:23,250 than a Colt he was old enough to have 199 00:08:22,529 --> 00:08:24,599 his cutie mark 200 00:08:23,250 --> 00:08:28,259 but his flank did not bear the mark of 201 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:30,500 our boo he had eaten knowingly but he'd 202 00:08:28,259 --> 00:08:33,418 been unable to bring himself to kill I 203 00:08:30,500 --> 00:08:36,599 spared him he could be saved 204 00:08:33,418 --> 00:08:39,199 in the entire town he had been the only 205 00:08:36,599 --> 00:08:41,669 one safer grandpa rattled the children 206 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:44,759 even in my rage I hadn't wanted to 207 00:08:41,668 --> 00:08:46,740 believe the whole town was viable surely 208 00:08:44,759 --> 00:08:51,480 I kept thinking there had to be a few 209 00:08:46,740 --> 00:08:54,000 more even just one now listening to 210 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:55,710 Grandpa rattle I understood why except 211 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,299 for the young buck each and every 212 00:08:55,710 --> 00:09:01,050 attempt to find a redeemable Pony had 213 00:08:57,299 --> 00:09:02,579 failed calamity turned trying towards 214 00:09:01,049 --> 00:09:05,849 the Velvet remedy and barely casting a 215 00:09:02,580 --> 00:09:06,990 glance my way he stared at the unicorn 216 00:09:05,850 --> 00:09:08,399 who had become his lover through the 217 00:09:06,990 --> 00:09:09,690 shield of magical energy she was 218 00:09:08,399 --> 00:09:12,720 maintaining around herself from the 219 00:09:09,690 --> 00:09:16,010 children he said little pip had a 220 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:19,920 concussion rat could that explain this 221 00:09:16,009 --> 00:09:21,899 my Pegasus friend looked desperate she's 222 00:09:19,919 --> 00:09:27,509 not thinking straight not herself rat 223 00:09:21,899 --> 00:09:28,649 that could excuse this velvet remedy 224 00:09:27,509 --> 00:09:32,159 stared back at him through the glow of 225 00:09:28,649 --> 00:09:34,509 magic eyes narrowing she shouldn't need 226 00:09:32,159 --> 00:09:36,969 an excuse 227 00:09:34,509 --> 00:09:40,899 I stared silently watching my friends 228 00:09:36,970 --> 00:09:43,110 argue about my actions take sides I was 229 00:09:40,899 --> 00:09:46,779 struck mute like I was in shock 230 00:09:43,110 --> 00:09:49,360 only shock didn't feel this dead my 231 00:09:46,779 --> 00:09:51,669 headache had returned actually it had 232 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:54,039 never left but the pounding was getting 233 00:09:51,669 --> 00:09:56,049 worse now bad enough that I couldn't 234 00:09:54,039 --> 00:10:00,309 ignore it anymore not even with all that 235 00:09:56,049 --> 00:10:04,629 was happening hug Calamity asked eyes 236 00:10:00,309 --> 00:10:06,939 widening they were cannibals velvet Remy 237 00:10:04,629 --> 00:10:09,519 snorted maybe it's hard for you to see 238 00:10:06,940 --> 00:10:13,360 being so quick to eat meat yourself but 239 00:10:09,519 --> 00:10:17,649 these ponies what they have done is evil 240 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:20,860 beyond the pale hey calamity shot back 241 00:10:17,649 --> 00:10:22,689 raising his voice to matchers I get that 242 00:10:20,860 --> 00:10:24,279 they were cannibals put some rap there 243 00:10:22,690 --> 00:10:26,830 with new appaluse on the places that I 244 00:10:24,279 --> 00:10:28,449 want to settle down in and the fact they 245 00:10:26,830 --> 00:10:30,340 fed me pony makes this a place I'd never 246 00:10:28,450 --> 00:10:35,770 come back to and happy warning other 247 00:10:30,340 --> 00:10:37,389 folk about I winced calamity equating 248 00:10:35,769 --> 00:10:40,600 cannibalism to trading with slavers on 249 00:10:37,389 --> 00:10:42,939 the morality scale but I wouldn't go off 250 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:45,970 slaughtering all of them for it calamity 251 00:10:42,940 --> 00:10:48,250 continued far as I can see they only a 252 00:10:45,970 --> 00:10:51,930 bandits Raiders in the lack ponies 253 00:10:48,250 --> 00:10:55,870 needed to be put down hmm 254 00:10:51,929 --> 00:10:57,639 love a gasp in exasperation there are 255 00:10:55,870 --> 00:11:00,070 some things you just don't do calamity 256 00:10:57,639 --> 00:11:01,960 I'm not a naive stable filly anymore 257 00:11:00,070 --> 00:11:04,120 I've seen how hard the equestrian 258 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:06,639 wasteland is I know that you have to do 259 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:09,970 awful things out here losing dead bodies 260 00:11:06,639 --> 00:11:11,980 okay killing monsters and vicious 261 00:11:09,970 --> 00:11:14,680 animals all the time 262 00:11:11,980 --> 00:11:17,440 killing other ponies not as much as 263 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:20,849 you'd like to but yes even killing other 264 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:22,899 ponies is often regrettably necessary 265 00:11:20,850 --> 00:11:25,149 velvet remedy had been a stable dweller 266 00:11:22,899 --> 00:11:28,480 like me she grew up with the same 267 00:11:25,149 --> 00:11:31,240 morality I did only she had always held 268 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:32,680 her is better than I had the wasteland 269 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:35,169 began to erode that for me the first 270 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:36,519 night out love what sense of right and 271 00:11:35,169 --> 00:11:38,528 wrong was made of sterner stuff than 272 00:11:36,519 --> 00:11:39,970 mine and what she had seen in the 273 00:11:38,528 --> 00:11:43,929 basement was far beyond what she could 274 00:11:39,970 --> 00:11:47,350 accept but you treat having to kill them 275 00:11:43,929 --> 00:11:49,599 with respect you bury them or if you 276 00:11:47,350 --> 00:11:51,790 don't you at least don't dance on them 277 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:55,839 and urinate on their corpses and you 278 00:11:51,789 --> 00:11:58,448 don't carve them up for snacks you do 279 00:11:55,839 --> 00:12:00,970 what you must to survive zennith intone 280 00:11:58,448 --> 00:12:04,049 softly it was the first thing she had 281 00:12:00,970 --> 00:12:08,528 said since the shooting started 282 00:12:04,049 --> 00:12:10,269 velvet turned on her eyes wide are you 283 00:12:08,528 --> 00:12:11,588 seriously going to side against little 284 00:12:10,269 --> 00:12:15,789 pip on this with the argument of 285 00:12:11,589 --> 00:12:18,779 cannibalism yay unlike velvet in 286 00:12:15,789 --> 00:12:21,219 calamity ZENIT's voice only grew softer 287 00:12:18,778 --> 00:12:24,490 you cannot begin to understand what I 288 00:12:21,220 --> 00:12:26,079 let them do to me in order to survive if 289 00:12:24,490 --> 00:12:29,589 they had put pony meat in front of me 290 00:12:26,078 --> 00:12:30,759 and told me to eat it I would have it 291 00:12:29,589 --> 00:12:34,829 would not have been the worst thing I 292 00:12:30,759 --> 00:12:34,828 let them do not even that week 293 00:12:34,899 --> 00:12:41,139 Bell took a stumbling step back from our 294 00:12:37,090 --> 00:12:43,120 Dow or zebra turning to calamity they 295 00:12:41,139 --> 00:12:45,129 didn't just kill bandits calamity you 296 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,990 saw the head of the preacher pony 297 00:12:45,129 --> 00:12:49,960 they had it mounted on their wall like a 298 00:12:46,990 --> 00:12:54,730 trophy and if they murdered him how many 299 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:58,830 more well I don't reckon I know calamity 300 00:12:54,730 --> 00:13:01,090 replied bone is none of y'all do either 301 00:12:58,830 --> 00:13:03,370 they fed you the meat of ponies who 302 00:13:01,090 --> 00:13:07,509 killed probably fed you the heart of one 303 00:13:03,370 --> 00:13:10,840 of them velvet remedy continued and I'm 304 00:13:07,509 --> 00:13:12,490 happy about that and they've been 305 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:15,610 selling it to merchants spreading their 306 00:13:12,490 --> 00:13:16,810 filth across the whole wasteland velvet 307 00:13:15,610 --> 00:13:19,200 pointed hoof towards the children 308 00:13:16,809 --> 00:13:21,459 clutching each other behind her and 309 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:24,690 they've been indoctrinating a whole new 310 00:13:21,460 --> 00:13:28,840 generation to do the exact same thing 311 00:13:24,690 --> 00:13:32,830 velvet I said softly too softly to be 312 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:34,540 heard don't defend me velvet you were 313 00:13:32,830 --> 00:13:38,110 right about me back an old Appaloosa I'm 314 00:13:34,539 --> 00:13:40,629 a murderer a monster drowning the blood 315 00:13:38,110 --> 00:13:42,610 of all the ponies I've killed I'm the 316 00:13:40,629 --> 00:13:49,120 thing in the mirror no better than a 317 00:13:42,610 --> 00:13:51,940 raider except I wasn't was i these were 318 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:54,360 bad ponies they needed to die 319 00:13:51,940 --> 00:13:57,110 I was saving ponies by wiping them out 320 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:59,539 wasn't I 321 00:13:57,110 --> 00:14:04,159 corrupted kindness the little pony of my 322 00:13:59,539 --> 00:14:07,579 head said angrily RB wasn't a town full 323 00:14:04,159 --> 00:14:08,899 of ponies Belleville remedy asserted it 324 00:14:07,580 --> 00:14:11,560 was a cancer that needed to be destroyed 325 00:14:08,899 --> 00:14:15,019 before it could spread any further 326 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:17,539 velvet I said again a little louder this 327 00:14:15,019 --> 00:14:21,078 time calamity was staring at her in 328 00:14:17,539 --> 00:14:23,838 silence neighing loudly velvet exclaimed 329 00:14:21,078 --> 00:14:25,399 our boo was mutated flesh that had to be 330 00:14:23,839 --> 00:14:29,810 cut away in order for the wasteland even 331 00:14:25,399 --> 00:14:31,120 begin to heal velvet you're scaring the 332 00:14:29,809 --> 00:14:33,768 children 333 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:37,549 my voice was soft but just loud enough 334 00:14:33,769 --> 00:14:40,399 for her to hear the beautiful charcoal 335 00:14:37,549 --> 00:14:41,599 unicorn turned aghast tears forming her 336 00:14:40,399 --> 00:14:43,159 eyes as she looked at the terrified 337 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:47,240 expressions on the faces of the Phillies 338 00:14:43,159 --> 00:14:49,399 and Colts behind her I'm not corrupted 339 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:53,209 kindness i whimpered back at the mare in 340 00:14:49,399 --> 00:14:54,250 my mind but I didn't believe it not 341 00:14:53,208 --> 00:14:57,469 anymore 342 00:14:54,250 --> 00:15:00,589 Trixie had been right or I had made her 343 00:14:57,470 --> 00:15:03,528 right if you haven't found your own 344 00:15:00,589 --> 00:15:04,880 virtue yet Monterey Jack had told me you 345 00:15:03,528 --> 00:15:08,360 best hurry up while there's still 346 00:15:04,879 --> 00:15:10,009 anything left of you to save was there 347 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:13,278 anything left of me to save at this 348 00:15:10,009 --> 00:15:14,870 point you just slaughtered over 20 349 00:15:13,278 --> 00:15:19,490 ponies The Little Pony Imai had 350 00:15:14,870 --> 00:15:23,919 responded what do you think my head was 351 00:15:19,490 --> 00:15:27,340 splitting open I realized I was crying 352 00:15:23,919 --> 00:15:30,610 Clemmy turn to Steelers now what about 353 00:15:27,340 --> 00:15:34,450 you what about me 354 00:15:30,610 --> 00:15:38,529 stills responded laconically calamity 355 00:15:34,450 --> 00:15:41,440 shook his head is this is there a way 356 00:15:38,529 --> 00:15:45,100 for me to be okay with this I want to be 357 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:48,550 okay over this too little pip but little 358 00:15:45,100 --> 00:15:51,509 pip is our leader Steel's replied it was 359 00:15:48,549 --> 00:15:55,899 her call and hers alone 360 00:15:51,509 --> 00:15:59,080 it was calamity blinked his brow 361 00:15:55,899 --> 00:16:02,709 furrowed under his hat it would 362 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:04,300 oh hell no the pegasus launched himself 363 00:16:02,710 --> 00:16:06,910 through the air flying it to the steel 364 00:16:04,299 --> 00:16:07,529 ranger outcast steel have stood his 365 00:16:06,909 --> 00:16:10,209 ground 366 00:16:07,529 --> 00:16:13,870 the idea of calamity intimidating the 367 00:16:10,210 --> 00:16:16,389 huge Ranger struck me as ludicrous you 368 00:16:13,870 --> 00:16:17,620 the elder Applejack's Rangers now you 369 00:16:16,389 --> 00:16:21,250 don't get to play a good little soldier 370 00:16:17,620 --> 00:16:23,169 card anymore calamity informed him tell 371 00:16:21,250 --> 00:16:27,159 me what would Applejack think all of 372 00:16:23,169 --> 00:16:31,899 this she loves deep voice rumbled 373 00:16:27,159 --> 00:16:33,189 dangerously Applejack was a farmer what 374 00:16:31,899 --> 00:16:35,289 she didn't put into her friends and 375 00:16:33,190 --> 00:16:38,140 trying to save ponies she put into her 376 00:16:35,289 --> 00:16:41,079 apples she understood the need to get 377 00:16:38,139 --> 00:16:42,819 rid of bad apples and I think she would 378 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:46,389 be repulsed beyond the telling of to see 379 00:16:42,820 --> 00:16:49,830 ponies eating each other calamity flap 380 00:16:46,389 --> 00:16:55,759 his wings moving back a pony's length 381 00:16:49,830 --> 00:16:59,070 but to kill him all steel hoes whinnied 382 00:16:55,759 --> 00:17:01,200 she wouldn't have done that no but she 383 00:16:59,070 --> 00:17:03,600 had other options she would have them 384 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:05,338 all arrested rounded up and carted off 385 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:10,980 to the Ministry of peace where they 386 00:17:05,338 --> 00:17:13,708 could be fixed Clemmy nodded but that's 387 00:17:10,980 --> 00:17:16,529 kind of my point little pip had options 388 00:17:13,709 --> 00:17:20,190 she could have come to us why have she 389 00:17:16,529 --> 00:17:21,629 come to us first I was hating how 390 00:17:20,190 --> 00:17:23,850 calamity was talking about me like I 391 00:17:21,630 --> 00:17:27,570 wasn't there like he couldn't bear to 392 00:17:23,849 --> 00:17:30,240 acknowledge me right then but did I 393 00:17:27,569 --> 00:17:32,189 truly deserve better what I've been able 394 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:37,319 to look up at him if he had just done 395 00:17:32,190 --> 00:17:40,019 the same thing she was enraged she was 396 00:17:37,319 --> 00:17:43,379 not thinking clearly steel has informed 397 00:17:40,019 --> 00:17:44,700 calamity bluntly the only thing she's 398 00:17:43,380 --> 00:17:47,490 done wrong here is that she let her 399 00:17:44,700 --> 00:17:50,309 anger to control her is that what you 400 00:17:47,490 --> 00:17:53,430 need to hear calamity then yes 401 00:17:50,309 --> 00:17:54,899 I don't approve I would prefer that she 402 00:17:53,430 --> 00:17:59,269 had killed these monsters with cold 403 00:17:54,900 --> 00:18:04,160 blooded calculation stealers was right 404 00:17:59,269 --> 00:18:06,589 calamity was right I had totally lost it 405 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:09,850 but they were bad ponies they were 406 00:18:06,589 --> 00:18:13,000 horrible ponies they deserved it 407 00:18:09,849 --> 00:18:17,750 all of them the little pony challenged 408 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:21,349 even the young ones dammit I tried to 409 00:18:17,750 --> 00:18:24,410 save the young ones I rescued them but I 410 00:18:21,349 --> 00:18:25,879 had traumatized them in the process was 411 00:18:24,410 --> 00:18:27,910 what I had done any better than what the 412 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:32,350 Raiders did to silver Belle 413 00:18:27,910 --> 00:18:34,820 still I only killed the responsible ones 414 00:18:32,349 --> 00:18:37,250 the mayor and my mind spit back at me 415 00:18:34,819 --> 00:18:42,109 asking what about the young mare in the 416 00:18:37,250 --> 00:18:44,230 clinic my mind swam I was having trouble 417 00:18:42,109 --> 00:18:46,339 remembering everything that had happened 418 00:18:44,230 --> 00:18:48,470 it was like trying to put together a 419 00:18:46,339 --> 00:18:50,449 puzzle while gagged I couldn't find the 420 00:18:48,470 --> 00:18:55,029 pieces in my hooves and they just kept 421 00:18:50,450 --> 00:18:58,340 slipping away two three round bursts I 422 00:18:55,029 --> 00:19:03,440 remembered that much one to the mother 423 00:18:58,339 --> 00:19:06,819 one him to the father I I hadn't killed 424 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:09,640 the young mare are you sure about that 425 00:19:06,819 --> 00:19:12,339 my little pony was quick to point out 426 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:14,390 she's not here amongst the living is she 427 00:19:12,339 --> 00:19:16,970 are you sure you didn't choke her to 428 00:19:14,390 --> 00:19:24,850 death were you even paying that much 429 00:19:16,970 --> 00:19:26,980 attention I I didn't I couldn't have 430 00:19:24,849 --> 00:19:29,789 could I 431 00:19:26,980 --> 00:19:32,110 and even if I didn't what had I done I 432 00:19:29,789 --> 00:19:33,990 left her laying unconscious next to the 433 00:19:32,109 --> 00:19:40,349 burning bodies of her murdered parents 434 00:19:33,990 --> 00:19:42,609 so much less evil little PIP I was evil 435 00:19:40,349 --> 00:19:44,649 but she wasn't a filly I fought 436 00:19:42,609 --> 00:19:46,959 desperately cling to any illusion I 437 00:19:44,650 --> 00:19:50,890 could keep she had her cutie mark 438 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:54,539 already stable think the mare in my mind 439 00:19:50,890 --> 00:19:58,150 chided you were older when you got yours 440 00:19:54,539 --> 00:20:01,240 but she had her re mark she'd killed and 441 00:19:58,150 --> 00:20:03,400 eaten how do you know her first kill 442 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:07,480 wasn't a damned rata Gator my little 443 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:09,880 pony spat she was a guard the rifle 444 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:12,250 under the table proved that the our brew 445 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:14,850 ponies had guests in town guests they 446 00:20:12,250 --> 00:20:17,950 weren't going to kill so they had guards 447 00:20:14,849 --> 00:20:21,099 protecting their darkest secret ready to 448 00:20:17,950 --> 00:20:22,840 kill and defend she was one of them she 449 00:20:21,099 --> 00:20:24,849 knew what the town was doing and that it 450 00:20:22,839 --> 00:20:28,539 was wrong and she was still protecting 451 00:20:24,849 --> 00:20:31,359 it the little pony of my head shut up at 452 00:20:28,539 --> 00:20:35,529 that for what absolutely little it was 453 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:39,279 worth I had scored a point go up into my 454 00:20:35,529 --> 00:20:40,660 room a voice said beside me grandpa 455 00:20:39,279 --> 00:20:43,928 rattle had walked up to me at some point 456 00:20:40,660 --> 00:20:47,410 and I hadn't even noticed I felt like I 457 00:20:43,929 --> 00:20:50,019 was missing time there's a safe under my 458 00:20:47,410 --> 00:20:52,269 bed fetch the book inside I know you can 459 00:20:50,019 --> 00:20:55,269 pick a lock 460 00:20:52,269 --> 00:20:56,200 I turned to him it was like he was 461 00:20:55,269 --> 00:20:58,989 forever away 462 00:20:56,200 --> 00:21:01,348 I had the sudden sense that I was 463 00:20:58,989 --> 00:21:03,719 drowning in all this air around me 464 00:21:01,348 --> 00:21:06,939 what's in the book 465 00:21:03,719 --> 00:21:11,528 it's my ledger every pony they killed 466 00:21:06,940 --> 00:21:17,469 Harry poni they ate velvet Romney had 467 00:21:11,528 --> 00:21:20,009 hurt him why she asked softly why would 468 00:21:17,469 --> 00:21:22,778 you keep a record of something like that 469 00:21:20,009 --> 00:21:26,528 cuz I knew this day was coming 470 00:21:22,778 --> 00:21:28,898 grandpa rattle replied in my mind name 471 00:21:26,528 --> 00:21:32,469 what he used to be particularly in the 472 00:21:28,898 --> 00:21:35,439 daytime fell the remedy closed her eyes 473 00:21:32,469 --> 00:21:38,219 a tear reflected the light of her shield 474 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:40,239 spells it trickled down her cheek I 475 00:21:38,219 --> 00:21:44,558 didn't figure to be folks like you 476 00:21:40,239 --> 00:21:47,558 though grandpa rattle added actually he 477 00:21:44,558 --> 00:21:49,918 said pointing its Telos I figured it to 478 00:21:47,558 --> 00:21:49,918 be him 479 00:21:51,839 --> 00:21:57,480 I found myself in grandpa rattles loft 480 00:21:54,119 --> 00:22:00,028 staring at his bed at the scuff marks on 481 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:01,890 the floor at the iron shackles that had 482 00:22:00,028 --> 00:22:04,440 been used to bind the old man to his bed 483 00:22:01,890 --> 00:22:06,210 I remembered running through the fire 484 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:08,940 and custard cakes and the galloping up 485 00:22:06,210 --> 00:22:12,090 the stairs I lost my balance twice on 486 00:22:08,940 --> 00:22:14,429 the steps feeling dizzy I blamed the 487 00:22:12,089 --> 00:22:16,470 headache in the smoke the loft was 488 00:22:14,429 --> 00:22:19,080 filled with smoke forcing me to press 489 00:22:16,470 --> 00:22:22,409 against the hot floor the heat was 490 00:22:19,079 --> 00:22:25,048 oppressive but the fire wasn't spreading 491 00:22:22,409 --> 00:22:27,380 up the stairs the ceiling of the bakery 492 00:22:25,048 --> 00:22:29,940 below wasn't catching the flames I 493 00:22:27,380 --> 00:22:34,169 coughed trying to open the lock on the 494 00:22:29,940 --> 00:22:36,230 safe but it wasn't possible my mind just 495 00:22:34,169 --> 00:22:39,000 couldn't grasp the image of the tumblers 496 00:22:36,230 --> 00:22:41,819 every time I tried my thoughts just got 497 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:43,169 jumbled and fell apart my headache was 498 00:22:41,819 --> 00:22:46,829 like a railroad spike being hammered 499 00:22:43,169 --> 00:22:49,230 into my skull I floated my screwdriver 500 00:22:46,829 --> 00:22:51,889 and bobby pin out I would have to do 501 00:22:49,230 --> 00:22:55,230 this the old-fashioned way 502 00:22:51,890 --> 00:22:58,080 but still it was too hard the lock was 503 00:22:55,230 --> 00:23:01,110 ridiculously difficult or I was just too 504 00:22:58,079 --> 00:23:04,079 messed up to function after breaking 505 00:23:01,109 --> 00:23:05,548 four bobby pins I gave up I just laid 506 00:23:04,079 --> 00:23:08,609 there on the hot floor coughing and 507 00:23:05,548 --> 00:23:10,019 hacking trying to steal my head the 508 00:23:08,609 --> 00:23:10,859 coolness of the water talismans was 509 00:23:10,019 --> 00:23:12,898 washing over me 510 00:23:10,859 --> 00:23:15,289 buffeting against the heat keeping the 511 00:23:12,898 --> 00:23:17,769 room bearable 512 00:23:15,289 --> 00:23:21,399 why didn't you go to your friends first 513 00:23:17,769 --> 00:23:25,789 the pony my head would not let me rest I 514 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:28,009 don't know I told her why didn't you 515 00:23:25,789 --> 00:23:29,899 talk with Grandpa rattle you could have 516 00:23:28,009 --> 00:23:34,429 gotten his ledger you could have known 517 00:23:29,900 --> 00:23:37,340 for sure but I did know I had seen 518 00:23:34,429 --> 00:23:40,370 enough I had killed for these monsters 519 00:23:37,339 --> 00:23:42,558 the steel rangers those poor ponies up 520 00:23:40,369 --> 00:23:46,069 at Buckland Crosse they didn't have to 521 00:23:42,558 --> 00:23:51,200 die they didn't deserve to die not for 522 00:23:46,069 --> 00:23:53,509 our boo especially not for our boo more 523 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:55,130 memories came back I could remember 524 00:23:53,509 --> 00:23:59,839 gunning down the milk colored one-eyed 525 00:23:55,130 --> 00:24:01,220 pony now we helped you she screamed at 526 00:23:59,839 --> 00:24:04,189 me as she dropped her shotgun 527 00:24:01,220 --> 00:24:07,069 having run out of bullets my mind 528 00:24:04,190 --> 00:24:08,509 flashed back to the Ponyville bridge had 529 00:24:07,069 --> 00:24:10,329 I not said the exact same thing to 530 00:24:08,509 --> 00:24:12,529 Monterey Jack 531 00:24:10,329 --> 00:24:15,259 you've never been forced to give up your 532 00:24:12,529 --> 00:24:17,240 principles for the greater good to 533 00:24:15,259 --> 00:24:21,169 sacrifice yourself and become a monster 534 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:22,849 because it was the right thing to do red 535 00:24:21,169 --> 00:24:27,259 eyes was no longer my dark and twisted 536 00:24:22,849 --> 00:24:31,279 reflection he was my reflection I was a 537 00:24:27,259 --> 00:24:35,029 monster I hadn't even been forced I did 538 00:24:31,279 --> 00:24:37,359 because I was mad if anything he was 539 00:24:35,029 --> 00:24:39,308 better than me 540 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:41,849 No 541 00:24:39,308 --> 00:24:45,249 no I wouldn't let it be like this I 542 00:24:41,849 --> 00:24:49,230 wouldn't let myself become this I had 543 00:24:45,249 --> 00:24:52,120 made it mistake a horrible evil mistake 544 00:24:49,230 --> 00:24:52,569 but this wasn't me I was better than 545 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:55,298 this 546 00:24:52,569 --> 00:25:00,009 and I still could be I had to find a way 547 00:24:55,298 --> 00:25:05,648 to make this right to fix this you can't 548 00:25:00,009 --> 00:25:06,849 fix dead know I couldn't fix dead but I 549 00:25:05,648 --> 00:25:08,498 could spend my entire life doing 550 00:25:06,849 --> 00:25:13,480 everything I could to make up for it I 551 00:25:08,499 --> 00:25:16,118 would I was corrupted kindness but I 552 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:17,769 could be more than that couldn't I was 553 00:25:16,118 --> 00:25:21,609 it possible for a messed up Pony to have 554 00:25:17,769 --> 00:25:24,368 a true virtue as well yes a voice in my 555 00:25:21,609 --> 00:25:26,618 head insisted my memories flashed out to 556 00:25:24,368 --> 00:25:28,569 the last visit of new Appaloosa to 557 00:25:26,618 --> 00:25:30,220 silver bell scene pyre light her eyes 558 00:25:28,569 --> 00:25:32,618 going wide with Wonder as if suddenly a 559 00:25:30,220 --> 00:25:36,999 whole world had opened up to her a world 560 00:25:32,618 --> 00:25:40,408 of beauty that voice out of nowhere it 561 00:25:36,999 --> 00:25:43,569 was under II took on a Phillies tone I 562 00:25:40,409 --> 00:25:45,070 never felt joy like that before it felt 563 00:25:43,569 --> 00:25:49,378 so good I just wanted to keep smiling 564 00:25:45,069 --> 00:25:53,710 forever and suddenly part of me knew 565 00:25:49,378 --> 00:25:54,128 knew for sure call me crazy but after we 566 00:25:53,710 --> 00:25:56,200 go 567 00:25:54,128 --> 00:25:57,699 I half expect I still to spend the next 568 00:25:56,200 --> 00:26:02,190 few days trying to make do have loose as 569 00:25:57,700 --> 00:26:05,440 pretty as that bird in that moment 570 00:26:02,190 --> 00:26:05,798 silver Belle had found her virtue a real 571 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:09,249 one 572 00:26:05,798 --> 00:26:11,408 pure and true and if the pony who had 573 00:26:09,249 --> 00:26:15,259 epitomized corrupted laughter could also 574 00:26:11,409 --> 00:26:18,350 be something greater then so could I 575 00:26:15,259 --> 00:26:21,429 my headache had faded I glanced towards 576 00:26:18,349 --> 00:26:25,519 the window the sky was getting lighter 577 00:26:21,429 --> 00:26:30,169 Dawn was almost here I had been in this 578 00:26:25,519 --> 00:26:34,150 room for hours how how would I lost so 579 00:26:30,169 --> 00:26:38,690 much time I pulled out another bobby pin 580 00:26:34,150 --> 00:26:39,950 this time I got the lock open it wasn't 581 00:26:38,690 --> 00:26:42,789 nearly as hard as it had been the first 582 00:26:39,950 --> 00:26:42,789 time I tried it 583 00:26:44,349 --> 00:26:48,730 well howdy children this is your 584 00:26:46,808 --> 00:26:52,000 favorite voice of the airwaves DJ Pony 585 00:26:48,730 --> 00:26:54,038 bringing you the news first up wanted 586 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,450 the travelers the fires and everfree 587 00:26:54,038 --> 00:26:56,980 forest are creating a major travel 588 00:26:55,450 --> 00:26:59,319 hazard from the splendid valley to new 589 00:26:56,980 --> 00:27:00,460 Appaloosa and i'm not talking just about 590 00:26:59,319 --> 00:27:02,138 the air quality here although 591 00:27:00,460 --> 00:27:03,220 considering some of the things burning 592 00:27:02,138 --> 00:27:06,008 up in that place that might be a 593 00:27:03,220 --> 00:27:07,480 righteous concern no I've got reports 594 00:27:06,009 --> 00:27:08,940 from some truly fearsome monsters that 595 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,929 have been driven from the forest 596 00:27:08,940 --> 00:27:12,460 caravans are cautioned to steer clear of 597 00:27:10,929 --> 00:27:16,559 the whole region until further notice 598 00:27:12,460 --> 00:27:19,389 and now for something a little different 599 00:27:16,558 --> 00:27:21,788 mail Pony dropped old DJ Pony a letter 600 00:27:19,388 --> 00:27:25,839 today written from our dear friend is he 601 00:27:21,788 --> 00:27:27,460 due out new Appaloosa love that gal well 602 00:27:25,839 --> 00:27:29,199 she was listening to the two reports I 603 00:27:27,460 --> 00:27:31,360 made regarding stable dweller and the 604 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:34,120 news out of our boo and she wasted no 605 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:36,788 time and weighing in here's what she has 606 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:38,949 to say about the stable dweller I've 607 00:27:36,788 --> 00:27:40,750 seen her get raging mad and what the 608 00:27:38,950 --> 00:27:44,440 Raiders in Ponyville did to me until 609 00:27:40,750 --> 00:27:46,690 filly and to so many others she saw she 610 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:49,509 went crazy she pulled out her gun and 611 00:27:46,690 --> 00:27:52,899 she started saving ponies I was one of 612 00:27:49,509 --> 00:27:54,519 those ponies maybe you too the bullet 613 00:27:52,898 --> 00:27:56,079 she fires still saving ponies today 614 00:27:54,519 --> 00:27:59,079 because those Raiders aren't around 615 00:27:56,079 --> 00:28:02,859 anymore I bet she saved a whole lot of 616 00:27:59,079 --> 00:28:05,528 ponies in our boo PS yummy yummy muffins 617 00:28:02,859 --> 00:28:08,408 I'm which is awesome zennith is awesome 618 00:28:05,528 --> 00:28:10,919 little pip is awesome thank you thank 619 00:28:08,409 --> 00:28:10,919 you thank you 620 00:28:13,109 --> 00:28:17,419 took you long enough grandpa rattle 621 00:28:15,839 --> 00:28:21,209 grumped as I returned with his ledger 622 00:28:17,420 --> 00:28:27,509 fall asleep in there I set it down 623 00:28:21,210 --> 00:28:30,180 before him I don't know where I hurried 624 00:28:27,509 --> 00:28:33,509 up I ain't got all day he snapped 625 00:28:30,180 --> 00:28:36,890 floating the ledger up Don's almost here 626 00:28:33,509 --> 00:28:38,910 won't be loose it much longer 627 00:28:36,890 --> 00:28:42,690 velvet Romney was curled up with the 628 00:28:38,910 --> 00:28:45,509 children singing a soft lullaby she got 629 00:28:42,690 --> 00:28:47,730 most of them to sleep at the elderly 630 00:28:45,509 --> 00:28:52,589 bucks words she stopped singing turning 631 00:28:47,730 --> 00:28:53,880 to him what do you mean grandpa rattle 632 00:28:52,589 --> 00:28:56,099 looked at her without a trace of shame 633 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:57,240 as if he was far too old and too whether 634 00:28:56,099 --> 00:29:00,899 to be embarrassed about what he was 635 00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:03,029 saying anymore I told you my mind ain't 636 00:29:00,900 --> 00:29:04,380 what it used to be I've been kissed by 637 00:29:03,029 --> 00:29:07,910 Luna since I was old enough to have a 638 00:29:04,380 --> 00:29:11,820 cutie mark but that don't help come dawn 639 00:29:07,910 --> 00:29:12,870 kissed by Luna I asked my actions 640 00:29:11,819 --> 00:29:16,759 apparently not having killed my 641 00:29:12,869 --> 00:29:19,769 curiosity grandpa rattle regarded me 642 00:29:16,759 --> 00:29:21,869 that's right means I'm clear-headed and 643 00:29:19,769 --> 00:29:24,119 more perceptive at night blessing from 644 00:29:21,869 --> 00:29:27,989 the goddess recent ears means the 645 00:29:24,119 --> 00:29:29,399 nighttime staves off the dementia the 646 00:29:27,990 --> 00:29:32,370 old buck floated the ledger in front of 647 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:34,550 calamity well you're going to read it or 648 00:29:32,369 --> 00:29:34,549 not 649 00:29:35,269 --> 00:29:39,529 the rust-coloured pegasus looked at the 650 00:29:37,130 --> 00:29:42,830 book floating in front of him then shook 651 00:29:39,529 --> 00:29:44,299 his head pushing it away the book broke 652 00:29:42,829 --> 00:29:47,689 out of rattles levitation bubble 653 00:29:44,299 --> 00:29:50,659 thumping to the ground I don't need to 654 00:29:47,690 --> 00:29:54,590 clam he said walking past grandpa rattle 655 00:29:50,660 --> 00:29:59,090 and up to me staring at me you done did 656 00:29:54,589 --> 00:30:00,639 wrong little pip says the pony who shot 657 00:29:59,089 --> 00:30:04,459 her because he thought she was a Raider 658 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:07,429 Velva remedy whispered don't matter what 659 00:30:04,460 --> 00:30:13,400 the book says he continued you lost 660 00:30:07,429 --> 00:30:16,070 control I know I said softly calamity 661 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:20,179 lunged at me i stiffened to startled to 662 00:30:16,069 --> 00:30:23,289 react he grabbed me crushing me I tried 663 00:30:20,179 --> 00:30:28,169 to fight back but he was bigger stronger 664 00:30:23,289 --> 00:30:31,379 he was hugging me 665 00:30:28,169 --> 00:30:34,440 I've seen your hot little PIP calamity 666 00:30:31,380 --> 00:30:36,960 reminded me clutching me tight I know 667 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:41,880 you're a good pony maybe the best pony 668 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:43,710 I've ever met I felt his tears and if 669 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:46,049 that hot cries out in pain and rage and 670 00:30:43,710 --> 00:30:48,240 fury then I gotta believe it's for a 671 00:30:46,048 --> 00:30:54,990 good reason and that I'm just too jaded 672 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:57,630 to see it the early morning breeze 673 00:30:54,990 --> 00:30:59,788 washed through the sky bandit six 674 00:30:57,630 --> 00:31:02,278 children one Young Buck and Grandpa 675 00:30:59,788 --> 00:31:04,460 rattle all accompanied us scattered 676 00:31:02,278 --> 00:31:06,630 about the benches of the passenger wagon 677 00:31:04,460 --> 00:31:08,610 this was the second time in two hundred 678 00:31:06,630 --> 00:31:11,720 years that had been full even though 679 00:31:08,609 --> 00:31:13,678 there were still plenty of empty benches 680 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:15,329 velvet Remini had been nothing less than 681 00:31:13,679 --> 00:31:17,940 amazing and getting the poles to follow 682 00:31:15,329 --> 00:31:19,829 along with us we were taking them to 683 00:31:17,940 --> 00:31:22,590 Friendship City someplace they could be 684 00:31:19,829 --> 00:31:24,928 safe surely a place called friendship 685 00:31:22,589 --> 00:31:27,000 would take them in and if they needed 686 00:31:24,929 --> 00:31:30,659 persuading I had a water talisman to 687 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:33,240 offer now though what remedies attention 688 00:31:30,659 --> 00:31:35,940 was on me her horn was glowing as she 689 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:37,528 looked into my eyes if it would make you 690 00:31:35,940 --> 00:31:39,570 feeling it better to claim temporary 691 00:31:37,528 --> 00:31:40,409 brain damage I could probably give you a 692 00:31:39,569 --> 00:31:43,408 doctor's note 693 00:31:40,409 --> 00:31:45,450 velvet chided your concussion was less 694 00:31:43,409 --> 00:31:47,039 than 16 hours ago and what you've done 695 00:31:45,450 --> 00:31:50,278 since then is pretty much the opposite 696 00:31:47,038 --> 00:31:53,490 of rest it's at least three days flight 697 00:31:50,278 --> 00:31:55,250 back to Canada lot I reasoned I rest 698 00:31:53,490 --> 00:31:58,160 along the way 699 00:31:55,250 --> 00:32:00,890 my headache was back although not quite 700 00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:04,730 as bad as before I hadn't been able to 701 00:32:00,890 --> 00:32:06,980 eat but I really didn't want to I wasn't 702 00:32:04,730 --> 00:32:08,660 sure I could ever eat again I would 703 00:32:06,980 --> 00:32:10,450 never put meat in my mouth for as long 704 00:32:08,660 --> 00:32:14,240 as I lived 705 00:32:10,450 --> 00:32:17,080 velvet nuzzled me softly but you 706 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:21,430 shouldn't need to excuse herself I mean 707 00:32:17,079 --> 00:32:24,019 you you didn't do anything wrong 708 00:32:21,430 --> 00:32:27,200 she took my face in her host and made me 709 00:32:24,019 --> 00:32:29,509 look into her eyes I know you little pip 710 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,799 I can see they've been bucking yourself 711 00:32:29,509 --> 00:32:31,420 to pieces about this ever since it 712 00:32:30,799 --> 00:32:33,819 happened 713 00:32:31,420 --> 00:32:36,440 possibly even while it was happening 714 00:32:33,819 --> 00:32:37,009 you're not a monster you're not a 715 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:38,990 villain 716 00:32:37,009 --> 00:32:40,819 you're a mayor who loves ponies and 717 00:32:38,990 --> 00:32:42,740 cares about them and who finally has 718 00:32:40,819 --> 00:32:44,529 seen too many her too badly to stand it 719 00:32:42,740 --> 00:32:48,279 anymore 720 00:32:44,529 --> 00:32:52,779 goddesses if we were only all like you 721 00:32:48,279 --> 00:32:57,410 velvet something her voice worried me 722 00:32:52,779 --> 00:33:01,389 she looks down dipping her horn if any 723 00:32:57,410 --> 00:33:04,310 pony's a monster here little PIP it's me 724 00:33:01,390 --> 00:33:06,470 what no that's 725 00:33:04,309 --> 00:33:07,549 yesterday you killed a bunch of ponies 726 00:33:06,470 --> 00:33:10,549 who are murdering and eating other 727 00:33:07,549 --> 00:33:14,930 ponies she said softly a tone of real 728 00:33:10,549 --> 00:33:16,460 sorrow in her voice yesterday I put the 729 00:33:14,930 --> 00:33:20,960 life of my pet above the life of another 730 00:33:16,460 --> 00:33:22,340 pony I shook my head quickly and now it 731 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:25,610 was my turn to make her look into my 732 00:33:22,339 --> 00:33:27,619 eyes you put the life of a beloved 733 00:33:25,609 --> 00:33:29,449 member of our group a thinking and 734 00:33:27,619 --> 00:33:33,349 feeling creature above the life of a 735 00:33:29,450 --> 00:33:35,750 pony who shot her velvet remedy gave me 736 00:33:33,349 --> 00:33:40,219 a wet grateful look but said nothing 737 00:33:35,750 --> 00:33:43,279 still what are these marks steelo's 738 00:33:40,220 --> 00:33:45,079 asked grandpa rattle calamity may have 739 00:33:43,279 --> 00:33:46,579 neglected Letcher but the leader of 740 00:33:45,079 --> 00:33:50,629 Applejack's Rangers is giving a very 741 00:33:46,579 --> 00:33:53,569 close inspection say what now we're in 742 00:33:50,630 --> 00:33:57,530 bar and asked hey how'd you get my 743 00:33:53,569 --> 00:34:01,119 ledger you gave it to me still have said 744 00:33:57,529 --> 00:34:01,119 evenly patiently Oh 745 00:34:01,929 --> 00:34:08,079 he looked around we're leaving our 746 00:34:04,839 --> 00:34:09,639 blue/white we this was not the first 747 00:34:08,079 --> 00:34:13,659 time rattle had seemed surprised at the 748 00:34:09,639 --> 00:34:16,780 change in his surroundings yes still 749 00:34:13,659 --> 00:34:20,889 have said no if you please what are 750 00:34:16,780 --> 00:34:24,550 these marks grandpa rattle appeared at 751 00:34:20,889 --> 00:34:26,139 the ledger that there's how many times I 752 00:34:24,550 --> 00:34:28,269 warn folks off before the elders killed 753 00:34:26,139 --> 00:34:33,878 him one mark for each time I told him I 754 00:34:28,269 --> 00:34:35,550 have a shotgun I see for him to keep 755 00:34:33,878 --> 00:34:38,699 such records of his attempt to help 756 00:34:35,550 --> 00:34:40,990 zennith leaned close whispering to me I 757 00:34:38,699 --> 00:34:45,519 suspect he was not expecting rescue at 758 00:34:40,989 --> 00:34:46,959 all he was preparing his defense grandpa 759 00:34:45,519 --> 00:34:52,059 rattle turned his appraising gaze to 760 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:57,010 steal those hair him ain't ya steelo's 761 00:34:52,059 --> 00:34:59,619 looked up from the ledger excuse me here 762 00:34:57,010 --> 00:35:02,470 powder in steel hose he exclaimed 763 00:34:59,619 --> 00:35:05,769 I remember you hear that ghoul my 764 00:35:02,469 --> 00:35:08,669 daughter kept lusting after velvet 765 00:35:05,769 --> 00:35:10,809 remedies ears perked I stifle the laugh 766 00:35:08,670 --> 00:35:13,230 steel hose knickers and tried to turn 767 00:35:10,809 --> 00:35:16,019 his attention back to the ledger you 768 00:35:13,230 --> 00:35:18,699 must be mistaken 769 00:35:16,019 --> 00:35:21,849 no you're just ninety perceptive 770 00:35:18,699 --> 00:35:23,739 grandpa rattle insisted never knew she 771 00:35:21,849 --> 00:35:29,530 was even there I was pining for 772 00:35:23,739 --> 00:35:31,549 Applejack steelo's looked up abruptly do 773 00:35:29,530 --> 00:35:35,660 I know you 774 00:35:31,550 --> 00:35:38,460 scribe rattle grandpa rattle paused 775 00:35:35,659 --> 00:35:43,019 former left after my daughter got 776 00:35:38,460 --> 00:35:46,230 pregnant at sealers quick stomp rattle 777 00:35:43,019 --> 00:35:50,070 swiftly added not years with that buck 778 00:35:46,230 --> 00:35:53,900 what's his Mane from our boo Cee Lo's 779 00:35:50,070 --> 00:35:57,059 cocked his head slowly scribe rattle 780 00:35:53,900 --> 00:35:58,940 transformation magic abandon the Rangers 781 00:35:57,059 --> 00:36:01,460 after your daughter was disgraced I 782 00:35:58,940 --> 00:36:04,349 remember now 783 00:36:01,460 --> 00:36:05,570 grandpa Rama's expression darken but he 784 00:36:04,349 --> 00:36:08,069 nodded 785 00:36:05,570 --> 00:36:12,300 you knew transformation magic 786 00:36:08,070 --> 00:36:13,440 zennith asked yep steel Rangers was 787 00:36:12,300 --> 00:36:15,289 trying to figure out a spell to turn 788 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:18,179 steel Rangers arm into clothing him back 789 00:36:15,289 --> 00:36:19,610 wouldn't work out told him armas already 790 00:36:18,179 --> 00:36:23,190 full of spells 791 00:36:19,610 --> 00:36:27,000 he looked suddenly eager I can change a 792 00:36:23,190 --> 00:36:31,679 raffle into a stick if he lack I've got 793 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:36,260 a shotgun I do not have a rifle zennith 794 00:36:31,679 --> 00:36:41,009 pointed out oh well then turning to me 795 00:36:36,260 --> 00:36:43,760 how about you can you change it back I 796 00:36:41,010 --> 00:36:49,060 asked 797 00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:49,060 no he had a stick 798 00:36:49,099 --> 00:36:53,000 looking past him my eyes caught on those 799 00:36:51,650 --> 00:36:55,789 of the young buck I'd pulled out of 800 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:57,530 Java's Cup the young buck had been 801 00:36:55,789 --> 00:36:59,059 staring at me silently since laying down 802 00:36:57,530 --> 00:37:02,780 on one of the sky banditz benches at the 803 00:36:59,059 --> 00:37:05,539 start of the trip you don't have an RB 804 00:37:02,780 --> 00:37:09,769 mark I recalled asking him my heart 805 00:37:05,539 --> 00:37:12,650 almost giddy with relief no he told me 806 00:37:09,769 --> 00:37:13,759 back into the corner of the room last 807 00:37:12,650 --> 00:37:17,180 week I was supposed to kill him Aaron 808 00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:18,980 heed her heart but I couldn't I'm sorry 809 00:37:17,179 --> 00:37:22,849 I know as opposed to and daddy was 810 00:37:18,980 --> 00:37:26,119 furious he then his expression changed 811 00:37:22,849 --> 00:37:29,809 in the flash of insight you killed daddy 812 00:37:26,119 --> 00:37:30,769 didn't you there had been such an odd 813 00:37:29,809 --> 00:37:37,210 look in his eyes 814 00:37:30,769 --> 00:37:41,199 it wasn't blame it was resignation now 815 00:37:37,210 --> 00:37:44,849 for the first time since then he spoke 816 00:37:41,199 --> 00:37:46,739 what happened to clear glass 817 00:37:44,849 --> 00:37:48,298 it took me a moment to realize he was 818 00:37:46,739 --> 00:37:50,338 talking about the only other Pony in our 819 00:37:48,298 --> 00:37:53,489 borough of similar age the young mayor 820 00:37:50,338 --> 00:37:56,248 guard the mayor I hadn't intended to 821 00:37:53,489 --> 00:37:58,728 kill about who I was sure now that I had 822 00:37:56,248 --> 00:38:04,848 choked to death without even thinking I 823 00:37:58,728 --> 00:38:07,259 cringed looking for words I killed her 824 00:38:04,849 --> 00:38:09,869 The Voice wasn't mine 825 00:38:07,259 --> 00:38:13,969 I turned looking at steel hose in 826 00:38:09,869 --> 00:38:16,048 surprise coming up on friendship city 827 00:38:13,969 --> 00:38:19,618 calamity called out before anything more 828 00:38:16,048 --> 00:38:21,809 could be sad this time let me do the 829 00:38:19,619 --> 00:38:24,329 talking velvet remedy said the steel 830 00:38:21,809 --> 00:38:29,249 hooves your diplomacy leaves a lot to be 831 00:38:24,329 --> 00:38:30,568 desired the ghoul nodded wordlessly the 832 00:38:29,248 --> 00:38:33,149 events of the night before were weighing 833 00:38:30,568 --> 00:38:36,259 heavily on him and for him 834 00:38:33,150 --> 00:38:39,150 our boo was not the heaviest burden I 835 00:38:36,259 --> 00:38:42,568 got up studying myself as I was hit with 836 00:38:39,150 --> 00:38:44,489 an odd dizziness it past's and I moved 837 00:38:42,568 --> 00:38:47,639 out to the window staring out at the 838 00:38:44,489 --> 00:38:49,228 pony of friendship a huge statue made of 839 00:38:47,639 --> 00:38:52,078 green metal that stared out over the 840 00:38:49,228 --> 00:38:53,759 main Hatton harbour living inside that 841 00:38:52,079 --> 00:38:56,670 metal structure surrounded by water was 842 00:38:53,759 --> 00:38:58,139 an entire town of ponies I could see 843 00:38:56,670 --> 00:39:02,809 lights pouring out of tiny holes or the 844 00:38:58,139 --> 00:39:02,808 metal had rusted through friendship City 845 00:39:04,289 --> 00:39:07,380 I was thrown against one of the 846 00:39:05,730 --> 00:39:08,369 passenger wagons benches as calamity 847 00:39:07,380 --> 00:39:11,730 Bank too hard left 848 00:39:08,369 --> 00:39:13,529 dodging the shot I can't believe 849 00:39:11,730 --> 00:39:17,340 friendship City is shooting at us I 850 00:39:13,530 --> 00:39:20,330 cried out smaller pops are followed by a 851 00:39:17,340 --> 00:39:22,650 massive crack of thunder below us an 852 00:39:20,329 --> 00:39:25,289 explosion of black smoke and flame burst 853 00:39:22,650 --> 00:39:27,030 in the air dozen yards away the rifle 854 00:39:25,289 --> 00:39:28,380 ponies firing from the crown windows the 855 00:39:27,030 --> 00:39:30,390 Pony of rend ship were not much of a 856 00:39:28,380 --> 00:39:33,050 threat but the shells from the harbor 857 00:39:30,389 --> 00:39:34,889 artillery were a whole different matter 858 00:39:33,050 --> 00:39:38,760 you haven't been listening to the radio 859 00:39:34,889 --> 00:39:40,650 have you steel is rumbled your friend DJ 860 00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:43,220 Pony has had some unpleasant things to 861 00:39:40,650 --> 00:39:48,920 say about the massacre of our boo 862 00:39:43,219 --> 00:39:51,209 what another shell burst in the air 863 00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:53,880 calamity veered harshly throwing me 864 00:39:51,210 --> 00:39:54,990 again velvet put her shield up around 865 00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:57,809 the children to keep them from getting 866 00:39:54,989 --> 00:40:01,879 tossed we can't land here 867 00:39:57,809 --> 00:40:04,170 calamity shouted I've got a head back 868 00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:05,789 sounds like one of those two Rangers you 869 00:40:04,170 --> 00:40:08,400 let go of Buckland cross reported our 870 00:40:05,789 --> 00:40:12,980 ruin the worst possible light steelo's 871 00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:16,349 informed me bitterly I was dying inside 872 00:40:12,980 --> 00:40:19,840 homage Conesus what did Amon think of me 873 00:40:16,349 --> 00:40:21,730 now did she hate me 874 00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:25,750 I have them recorded if you would like 875 00:40:21,730 --> 00:40:28,119 to listen to them later I wanted to 876 00:40:25,750 --> 00:40:32,380 gallop to her to order calamity to head 877 00:40:28,119 --> 00:40:34,960 to tenpony tower straight away but but I 878 00:40:32,380 --> 00:40:37,480 couldn't I had already delayed for far 879 00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:40,659 too long we needed to get to Canterlot 880 00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:41,969 to deal with the goddess and to turn our 881 00:40:40,659 --> 00:40:44,799 attention to redeye 882 00:40:41,969 --> 00:40:46,269 right now thousands of ponies who are in 883 00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:48,370 danger just from red eyes threat alone 884 00:40:46,269 --> 00:40:52,960 and I was surely already testing his 885 00:40:48,369 --> 00:40:54,759 patience I remembered thinking in that 886 00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:56,260 one brief moment of memory that I kept 887 00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:58,930 for myself from the helping of clinic in 888 00:40:56,260 --> 00:41:01,930 tenpony it was the only way to make sure 889 00:40:58,929 --> 00:41:04,419 red I listened I had communicated with 890 00:41:01,929 --> 00:41:06,279 Fred I somehow presumably through 891 00:41:04,420 --> 00:41:08,559 somepony our Griffon in his encampment 892 00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:10,450 I learned that I've been convincing him 893 00:41:08,559 --> 00:41:15,219 that I had a plan and that I just needed 894 00:41:10,449 --> 00:41:18,009 time a lot of time more importantly 895 00:41:15,219 --> 00:41:20,829 Allman's needed the truth truth she 896 00:41:18,010 --> 00:41:23,320 could trust him and I was a last Pony to 897 00:41:20,829 --> 00:41:24,519 be able to give her that she needed to 898 00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:26,670 learn of what had happened there from a 899 00:41:24,519 --> 00:41:28,659 source that was not as biased as I was 900 00:41:26,670 --> 00:41:31,690 if she learned the truth 901 00:41:28,659 --> 00:41:35,009 it couldn't be from me anything for me 902 00:41:31,690 --> 00:41:39,380 would be tainted and if she didn't or 903 00:41:35,010 --> 00:41:43,100 worse if she did and hated me for it 904 00:41:39,380 --> 00:41:44,090 it'd kill me but like a ghoul I just 905 00:41:43,099 --> 00:41:47,329 keep going anyway 906 00:41:44,090 --> 00:41:50,000 if I lost homage I was losing something 907 00:41:47,329 --> 00:41:52,699 I didn't deserve if the whole wasteland 908 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:54,980 turned against me if every pony feared 909 00:41:52,699 --> 00:41:57,039 and hated me it wouldn't stop me from 910 00:41:54,980 --> 00:41:59,090 trying to make Equestria a better place 911 00:41:57,039 --> 00:42:02,779 even if it meant that I would forever be 912 00:41:59,090 --> 00:42:06,130 seen as a villain of the piece calamity 913 00:42:02,780 --> 00:42:06,130 flew us away from friendship city 914 00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:12,989 we waited an hour after landing in the 915 00:42:10,980 --> 00:42:15,900 main Hatton ruins then worked our way 916 00:42:12,989 --> 00:42:17,549 towards the harbour on hoof the rest of 917 00:42:15,900 --> 00:42:19,440 us stayed behind watching from an 918 00:42:17,550 --> 00:42:20,609 observation platform as velvet Remini 919 00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:23,539 led the survivors out onto the 920 00:42:20,608 --> 00:42:25,529 Friendship Bridge her horn was glowing 921 00:42:23,539 --> 00:42:28,230 behind her floated elder Cottage 922 00:42:25,530 --> 00:42:31,700 cheese's life support capsule Pilate 923 00:42:28,230 --> 00:42:34,108 perched on top enjoying the ride 924 00:42:31,699 --> 00:42:35,879 Friendship Bridge was a drawbridge that 925 00:42:34,108 --> 00:42:38,460 once extended all the way from Manhattan 926 00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:41,340 to the island I was astounded how close 927 00:42:38,460 --> 00:42:42,869 to intact it still was there were gaps 928 00:42:41,340 --> 00:42:46,140 but none looked longer than a hundred 929 00:42:42,869 --> 00:42:49,440 yards and they were even rope bridges 930 00:42:46,139 --> 00:42:50,190 spanning the collapsed sections how did 931 00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:52,679 they do that 932 00:42:50,190 --> 00:42:55,380 I mused staring the extensive rope 933 00:42:52,679 --> 00:42:57,539 bridges through my binoculars it seemed 934 00:42:55,380 --> 00:43:01,079 like an incredible feat even for unicorn 935 00:42:57,539 --> 00:43:06,139 magic calamity tapped my shoulder then 936 00:43:01,079 --> 00:43:09,029 grinned and fluttered his wings Oh dah 937 00:43:06,139 --> 00:43:13,409 at some point friendship City had been 938 00:43:09,030 --> 00:43:15,269 the home to at least one - I'd through 939 00:43:13,409 --> 00:43:16,858 my binoculars I could see that the 940 00:43:15,269 --> 00:43:18,239 ponies of friendship City had fouled the 941 00:43:16,858 --> 00:43:20,639 main hat and half of the lifting bridge 942 00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:21,719 locking it flat and had reengineered 943 00:43:20,639 --> 00:43:25,379 their half so that only they could 944 00:43:21,719 --> 00:43:27,000 control it as I watched velvet remedy 945 00:43:25,380 --> 00:43:28,530 grandpa rattle and the children 946 00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:32,670 approached the far end of a main hat 947 00:43:28,530 --> 00:43:33,740 inside it had to be velvet and it had to 948 00:43:32,670 --> 00:43:36,300 be her alone 949 00:43:33,739 --> 00:43:38,879 DJ ponies warning had painted Xenophon 950 00:43:36,300 --> 00:43:40,530 calamity as signs of danger and only 951 00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:42,088 velvet remedy had the diplomatic skills 952 00:43:40,530 --> 00:43:45,510 to talk to the ponies of friendship City 953 00:43:42,088 --> 00:43:49,949 in order to let the survivors in well 954 00:43:45,510 --> 00:43:52,050 not exactly alone she had Peyer light 955 00:43:49,949 --> 00:43:53,399 I was suddenly reminded of how much 956 00:43:52,050 --> 00:43:57,180 solace Pilate had given me in 957 00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:59,430 Philadelphia in the crumbling ruins 958 00:43:57,179 --> 00:44:03,299 behind us Senath was talking slowly with 959 00:43:59,429 --> 00:44:04,649 steel hoof so she built a cook fire you 960 00:44:03,300 --> 00:44:08,640 a swift to condemn those who ate the 961 00:44:04,650 --> 00:44:14,579 meat of other ponies she said softly I'm 962 00:44:08,639 --> 00:44:17,670 a ghoul he replied and I am a zebra she 963 00:44:14,579 --> 00:44:21,390 responded and like the medical Pony a 964 00:44:17,670 --> 00:44:23,190 vegetarian and yet you took greater 965 00:44:21,389 --> 00:44:27,259 offense to the survival tactics of our 966 00:44:23,190 --> 00:44:30,240 boo than I did why is that 967 00:44:27,260 --> 00:44:33,960 zombies eat the flesh of ponies because 968 00:44:30,239 --> 00:44:38,358 they are monsters the zebra nodded 969 00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:38,358 sagely I see 970 00:44:38,590 --> 00:44:45,070 we watched and waited they were far away 971 00:44:42,909 --> 00:44:48,250 but I thought I could see velvet Remini 972 00:44:45,070 --> 00:44:50,200 lifting her hoof there was I had been 973 00:44:48,250 --> 00:44:52,360 told an intercom they would allow her to 974 00:44:50,199 --> 00:44:55,839 speak to the guards on the island if 975 00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:58,680 they were willing to listen Steel has 976 00:44:55,840 --> 00:45:01,450 moved up next to me and sat down 977 00:44:58,679 --> 00:45:05,139 Calamity mind if I talked a little pip 978 00:45:01,449 --> 00:45:06,939 alone Calamity looked at him for a 979 00:45:05,139 --> 00:45:09,969 moment then nodded and flew off to where 980 00:45:06,940 --> 00:45:17,590 is anything I look to steal hopes 981 00:45:09,969 --> 00:45:18,579 nervously clear glass I asked slowly you 982 00:45:17,590 --> 00:45:21,880 sent a merchant Pony 983 00:45:18,579 --> 00:45:24,099 and innocent into a basement a place 984 00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:25,329 where he could be easily cornered even 985 00:45:24,099 --> 00:45:30,460 though you had left one of the guards 986 00:45:25,329 --> 00:45:31,900 alive he responded us as well it was the 987 00:45:30,460 --> 00:45:34,840 sort of tactical error he wouldn't have 988 00:45:31,900 --> 00:45:37,720 made if you were thinking clearly he 989 00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:43,860 looked at me that is how I knew you were 990 00:45:37,719 --> 00:45:43,859 not I closed my eyes and looked away 991 00:45:44,119 --> 00:45:50,659 take the pain slowly he told me solemnly 992 00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:53,680 what you became last night is going to 993 00:45:50,659 --> 00:45:59,239 hurt you for the rest of your life I 994 00:45:53,679 --> 00:46:01,279 nodded part of me wanted to cry but I 995 00:45:59,239 --> 00:46:03,739 couldn't let myself because the tears 996 00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:06,140 would have been for me and I didn't 997 00:46:03,739 --> 00:46:09,319 deserve them the ponies of our boo 998 00:46:06,139 --> 00:46:11,599 didn't deserve them either as much as my 999 00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:13,580 actions horrified me showing me the 1000 00:46:11,599 --> 00:46:15,619 monster I could and briefly did become 1001 00:46:13,579 --> 00:46:19,460 there was no question that our boo 1002 00:46:15,619 --> 00:46:22,429 needed to be purged just like any pit of 1003 00:46:19,460 --> 00:46:23,720 Raiders or bandit slavers if anypony 1004 00:46:22,429 --> 00:46:27,409 deserved my tears 1005 00:46:23,719 --> 00:46:30,049 it was those whom I had saved the night 1006 00:46:27,409 --> 00:46:31,849 had cut a deep wound in me an abscess 1007 00:46:30,050 --> 00:46:35,600 carved into my soul by a blade of my own 1008 00:46:31,849 --> 00:46:38,360 wielding that great hone is festered 1009 00:46:35,599 --> 00:46:39,469 within my despair and self-loathing but 1010 00:46:38,360 --> 00:46:43,640 I was slowly filling it in with 1011 00:46:39,469 --> 00:46:47,000 determination instead steelwill stared 1012 00:46:43,639 --> 00:46:51,239 out over the harbour I need to thank you 1013 00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:55,099 little pip for what 1014 00:46:51,239 --> 00:46:58,709 for failing see love sad surprising me 1015 00:46:55,099 --> 00:47:01,140 all this time you've been some bony to 1016 00:46:58,710 --> 00:47:04,559 look up to you made me want to be a 1017 00:47:01,139 --> 00:47:09,358 better pony but at the same time you 1018 00:47:04,559 --> 00:47:12,139 were too good he looked at me you 1019 00:47:09,358 --> 00:47:14,219 weren't impossible standard tonight 1020 00:47:12,139 --> 00:47:19,858 you've made it much easier for me to 1021 00:47:14,219 --> 00:47:23,909 live with myself I just stared my heart 1022 00:47:19,858 --> 00:47:25,250 twisted unsure of how to feel a drop of 1023 00:47:23,909 --> 00:47:29,519 rain hit my horn 1024 00:47:25,250 --> 00:47:31,530 another splashed against my nose steel 1025 00:47:29,519 --> 00:47:34,070 has turned away staring out across the 1026 00:47:31,530 --> 00:47:37,980 harbor again as the rain began to fall 1027 00:47:34,070 --> 00:47:40,080 eventually I did too raising my 1028 00:47:37,980 --> 00:47:42,710 binoculars I caught pie early flying 1029 00:47:40,079 --> 00:47:46,670 towards the island carrying something 1030 00:47:42,710 --> 00:47:46,670 the ledger I knew 1031 00:47:48,429 --> 00:47:54,879 good evening this is DJ pony and have I 1032 00:47:52,179 --> 00:47:57,699 got some news for you major update on 1033 00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:58,900 the situation in RB unbuckling cross my 1034 00:47:57,699 --> 00:48:00,338 associate spent the last few hours 1035 00:47:58,900 --> 00:48:03,430 talking with a merchant who was at our 1036 00:48:00,338 --> 00:48:06,179 boo and saw much of what went down first 1037 00:48:03,429 --> 00:48:08,558 and foremost let me just say hallelujah 1038 00:48:06,179 --> 00:48:11,018 sounds like our wasteland Savior hasn't 1039 00:48:08,559 --> 00:48:14,769 fallen to the darkness after all maybe 1040 00:48:11,018 --> 00:48:16,449 stumbled a bit but listen to this the 1041 00:48:14,768 --> 00:48:17,889 ponies of Audrey were cannibals folks 1042 00:48:16,449 --> 00:48:21,219 that's right 1043 00:48:17,889 --> 00:48:23,348 they ate ponies and if that wasn't sick 1044 00:48:21,219 --> 00:48:26,199 enough they've been selling Pony meat 1045 00:48:23,349 --> 00:48:28,630 claiming it was radical meat-eating 1046 00:48:26,199 --> 00:48:29,578 Eradicator kebab lately you sure about 1047 00:48:28,630 --> 00:48:31,990 that 1048 00:48:29,579 --> 00:48:33,519 Greg goddesses and I thought I'd seen 1049 00:48:31,989 --> 00:48:36,758 all the fucked up shit this wasteland 1050 00:48:33,518 --> 00:48:38,879 had to serve up well turns out our 1051 00:48:36,759 --> 00:48:40,960 stable dweller discovered the truth 1052 00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:43,749 unfortunately here's where things get 1053 00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:45,789 sketchy see when I hear when showed the 1054 00:48:43,748 --> 00:48:47,709 merchants what she discovered the good 1055 00:48:45,789 --> 00:48:50,410 Pony hightailed it out there and didn't 1056 00:48:47,710 --> 00:48:51,909 look back but what the merchants could 1057 00:48:50,409 --> 00:48:54,038 tell us is that before the shit went 1058 00:48:51,909 --> 00:48:55,568 down the ponies of Aubrey were treating 1059 00:48:54,039 --> 00:48:57,999 her here went to a meal and a place to 1060 00:48:55,568 --> 00:49:00,909 sleep and yes you guessed the children 1061 00:48:57,998 --> 00:49:03,129 what was on the menu but before she knew 1062 00:49:00,909 --> 00:49:05,558 our hero and tried to help the ponies of 1063 00:49:03,130 --> 00:49:07,720 our brew she went to Buckland cross to 1064 00:49:05,559 --> 00:49:10,390 negotiate for cheap clean purified water 1065 00:49:07,719 --> 00:49:12,159 for the town and the Rangers on that 1066 00:49:10,389 --> 00:49:13,358 broken bridge started firing ah here one 1067 00:49:12,159 --> 00:49:16,239 before she even gotten into shouting 1068 00:49:13,358 --> 00:49:18,608 range according to the merchant it was 1069 00:49:16,239 --> 00:49:20,588 quite the light show I don't know about 1070 00:49:18,608 --> 00:49:21,909 you children but that gives me new 1071 00:49:20,588 --> 00:49:24,670 suspicions about what happened at 1072 00:49:21,909 --> 00:49:26,199 Buckland cross and it puts some serious 1073 00:49:24,670 --> 00:49:27,700 questions the witness from Buckland 1074 00:49:26,199 --> 00:49:30,248 cross he first reported the events of 1075 00:49:27,699 --> 00:49:33,429 our boo I'll let you know more as soon 1076 00:49:30,248 --> 00:49:34,959 as I do children but for now I think we 1077 00:49:33,429 --> 00:49:37,899 can all breathe one hell of a sigh of 1078 00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:40,119 relief and now it's Sweetie Belle 1079 00:49:37,900 --> 00:49:41,789 singing about that one great truth of 1080 00:49:40,119 --> 00:49:43,850 the wasteland 1081 00:49:41,789 --> 00:49:43,849 you 1082 00:49:44,219 --> 00:49:49,139 it rained for the next two days straight 1083 00:49:46,969 --> 00:49:50,759 water was still falling from the sky in 1084 00:49:49,139 --> 00:49:52,348 sheets as we flew over the foothills 1085 00:49:50,760 --> 00:49:55,380 that slowly climbed up towards the base 1086 00:49:52,349 --> 00:49:57,680 of the mountains dark cliffs shot up 1087 00:49:55,380 --> 00:50:00,358 abruptly to loom over the landscape 1088 00:49:57,679 --> 00:50:03,059 somewhere up there obfuscated by the 1089 00:50:00,358 --> 00:50:06,358 rain were the ruins of Canterlot the 1090 00:50:03,059 --> 00:50:08,309 former capital city of Equestria we were 1091 00:50:06,358 --> 00:50:11,639 all soaked to the bone but clammy had 1092 00:50:08,309 --> 00:50:14,969 suffered the most by far I shivered from 1093 00:50:11,639 --> 00:50:16,529 the cold my armored stable utility 1094 00:50:14,969 --> 00:50:18,509 barding was pasted to me like a second 1095 00:50:16,530 --> 00:50:19,950 skin the fur of my coat trapped between 1096 00:50:18,510 --> 00:50:23,369 it and my real skin and the most 1097 00:50:19,949 --> 00:50:26,159 unpleasant way possible but still I was 1098 00:50:23,369 --> 00:50:27,358 better off than I had been in days this 1099 00:50:26,159 --> 00:50:29,759 morning was the first that I've been 1100 00:50:27,358 --> 00:50:31,739 without headaches for the first time in 1101 00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:33,470 days I felt like I was actually thinking 1102 00:50:31,739 --> 00:50:35,639 clearly 1103 00:50:33,469 --> 00:50:38,149 velvet remedy proclaimed my concussion 1104 00:50:35,639 --> 00:50:40,409 gone but still she wanted me to rest 1105 00:50:38,150 --> 00:50:41,760 I've been doing nothing but resting 1106 00:50:40,409 --> 00:50:43,739 since she returned from the Friendship 1107 00:50:41,760 --> 00:50:47,160 Bridge alone 1108 00:50:43,739 --> 00:50:48,929 safer pyre light friendship Cydia proven 1109 00:50:47,159 --> 00:50:50,429 good to its name and taken in the 1110 00:50:48,929 --> 00:50:53,039 refugees from our boo and cottage cheese 1111 00:50:50,429 --> 00:50:56,039 as well they hadn't asked for any 1112 00:50:53,039 --> 00:50:58,559 payment any compensation they just 1113 00:50:56,039 --> 00:51:00,358 wanted to help the way ponies were 1114 00:50:58,559 --> 00:51:02,219 supposed to 1115 00:51:00,358 --> 00:51:05,518 I had sent Pilate to them with one of 1116 00:51:02,219 --> 00:51:09,149 the water talismans not as a payment but 1117 00:51:05,518 --> 00:51:12,508 as a gift the other water talisman was 1118 00:51:09,150 --> 00:51:13,889 now safely installed in stable 29 star 1119 00:51:12,509 --> 00:51:15,210 palette and crossroads have been talking 1120 00:51:13,889 --> 00:51:18,929 about rebooting the Crusader when we 1121 00:51:15,210 --> 00:51:20,039 left with the override codes cross was 1122 00:51:18,929 --> 00:51:22,259 convinced they could rewrite the 1123 00:51:20,039 --> 00:51:25,589 Crusaders programming turning it into an 1124 00:51:22,259 --> 00:51:26,818 obedient and beneficial custodian she 1125 00:51:25,588 --> 00:51:29,730 still hadn't decided what to do about 1126 00:51:26,818 --> 00:51:31,739 buckling cross steel hooves gave her 1127 00:51:29,730 --> 00:51:34,798 some advice but left the true decision 1128 00:51:31,739 --> 00:51:36,509 up to her I believe his diplomatic 1129 00:51:34,798 --> 00:51:39,989 failure had left him wanting to distance 1130 00:51:36,509 --> 00:51:42,778 himself from that place I stared at my 1131 00:51:39,989 --> 00:51:44,608 four hooves as we approached Canterlot a 1132 00:51:42,778 --> 00:51:48,989 new concern had pushed its way into my 1133 00:51:44,608 --> 00:51:50,538 mind my pipbuck we were supposed to take 1134 00:51:48,989 --> 00:51:53,970 everything off before we entered our 1135 00:51:50,539 --> 00:51:57,059 Armour our saddlebags I was supposed to 1136 00:51:53,969 --> 00:52:00,480 float at all but you couldn't float a 1137 00:51:57,059 --> 00:52:03,028 pipbuck well you could but all you'd 1138 00:52:00,480 --> 00:52:04,769 have then is a fancy radio it had to be 1139 00:52:03,028 --> 00:52:06,809 attached for the EFS and SATs to work 1140 00:52:04,768 --> 00:52:09,568 not to mention the medical assistance 1141 00:52:06,809 --> 00:52:12,989 and auto-mapping sure I could take it 1142 00:52:09,568 --> 00:52:14,940 off I had the tools for it but without 1143 00:52:12,989 --> 00:52:16,559 it I would be at a fraction of my 1144 00:52:14,940 --> 00:52:20,450 usefulness the most dangerous place we'd 1145 00:52:16,559 --> 00:52:22,369 ever set hoof into could I do that 1146 00:52:20,449 --> 00:52:23,929 was it right for you to expose my 1147 00:52:22,369 --> 00:52:25,960 friends to even more danger because I 1148 00:52:23,929 --> 00:52:30,889 might otherwise me forever bonded with 1149 00:52:25,960 --> 00:52:32,269 well with my cutie mark keep your eyes 1150 00:52:30,889 --> 00:52:33,139 peeled for the safe place to put down 1151 00:52:32,269 --> 00:52:34,940 for the night 1152 00:52:33,139 --> 00:52:38,150 calamity called back over the roar of 1153 00:52:34,940 --> 00:52:39,559 the rain to be honest none of us were as 1154 00:52:38,150 --> 00:52:42,880 concerned about a safe place as we were 1155 00:52:39,559 --> 00:52:45,289 about dry we all moved to the windows I 1156 00:52:42,880 --> 00:52:47,838 lifted my binoculars but they did little 1157 00:52:45,289 --> 00:52:52,159 good they just made the grave the rain 1158 00:52:47,838 --> 00:52:54,710 closer suddenly she loves galloped to 1159 00:52:52,159 --> 00:52:57,949 the front of the sky bandit a moment 1160 00:52:54,710 --> 00:53:01,159 later he turned to me little PIP can you 1161 00:52:57,949 --> 00:53:04,519 get me on the roof can you stay on the 1162 00:53:01,159 --> 00:53:07,129 roof velvet asked concerned even with 1163 00:53:04,519 --> 00:53:09,889 the mounting what's wrong 1164 00:53:07,130 --> 00:53:12,710 I asked even as I kicked on my EFS and 1165 00:53:09,889 --> 00:53:14,690 answered my own question with my 1166 00:53:12,710 --> 00:53:16,789 targeting spell I can recognize several 1167 00:53:14,690 --> 00:53:20,659 hostile targets at least a dozen all 1168 00:53:16,789 --> 00:53:24,769 airborne and three friendly ones on the 1169 00:53:20,659 --> 00:53:26,299 ground it took me a second account one 1170 00:53:24,769 --> 00:53:28,909 of the red marks passed over one of the 1171 00:53:26,300 --> 00:53:33,140 friendly lights and extinguished it now 1172 00:53:28,909 --> 00:53:35,719 there were only two calamity I shouted 1173 00:53:33,139 --> 00:53:37,639 as I drew my sniper rifle get us as 1174 00:53:35,719 --> 00:53:41,179 close as you can we need to see war 1175 00:53:37,639 --> 00:53:43,608 shooting at floating up the sniper rifle 1176 00:53:41,179 --> 00:53:45,199 I slid into SATs and took aim at a 1177 00:53:43,608 --> 00:53:48,440 shadowy flying figure I couldn't quite 1178 00:53:45,199 --> 00:53:51,318 clearly see the targeting spell however 1179 00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:53,800 didn't give a damn about the rain and my 1180 00:53:51,318 --> 00:53:57,460 EFS was quick to identify the targets 1181 00:53:53,800 --> 00:53:59,839 blood wings a whole damned flock of them 1182 00:53:57,460 --> 00:54:02,659 attacking to flee figures in the ground 1183 00:53:59,838 --> 00:54:06,500 who as best I could tell were completely 1184 00:54:02,659 --> 00:54:09,969 unarmed I opened fire determined not to 1185 00:54:06,500 --> 00:54:09,969 allow that number to drop any further 1186 00:54:11,219 --> 00:54:16,179 hello out there 1187 00:54:13,210 --> 00:54:18,818 anypony awake it's time for a special 1188 00:54:16,179 --> 00:54:20,710 late-night edition of the news I have 1189 00:54:18,818 --> 00:54:23,380 with me communicating over broadcaster 1190 00:54:20,710 --> 00:54:25,059 one grandpa rattle longtime resident of 1191 00:54:23,380 --> 00:54:27,068 our boo and new citizen a friendship 1192 00:54:25,059 --> 00:54:27,730 city and he's here to set the record 1193 00:54:27,068 --> 00:54:29,829 straight 1194 00:54:27,730 --> 00:54:32,858 the whole pony about what happened three 1195 00:54:29,829 --> 00:54:34,720 nights ago so sit down hold onto your 1196 00:54:32,858 --> 00:54:37,960 hats children because this is gonna be 1197 00:54:34,719 --> 00:54:40,239 one hell of a story but first I have 1198 00:54:37,960 --> 00:54:41,588 something to say and this goes out for 1199 00:54:40,239 --> 00:54:45,750 me too that here one of the wasteland 1200 00:54:41,588 --> 00:54:48,639 our little bringer of light I'm sorry 1201 00:54:45,750 --> 00:54:50,429 when you've seen as much as I have when 1202 00:54:48,639 --> 00:54:53,828 you see as many heroes fail and fall 1203 00:54:50,429 --> 00:54:55,989 it's hard not to expect it it's hard to 1204 00:54:53,829 --> 00:54:57,280 keep believing even when you know 1205 00:54:55,989 --> 00:55:00,129 there's somepony out there you should 1206 00:54:57,280 --> 00:55:03,280 believe in you didn't fail a stable 1207 00:55:00,130 --> 00:55:07,450 dweller I fail to you and you have my 1208 00:55:03,280 --> 00:55:09,400 deepest and most sincere a particular 1209 00:55:07,449 --> 00:55:11,618 toast to repair a pony once told me that 1210 00:55:09,400 --> 00:55:15,039 she would always be tuned in listening 1211 00:55:11,619 --> 00:55:16,838 to my message of hope well listen close 1212 00:55:15,039 --> 00:55:19,619 stable dweller because this is the 1213 00:55:16,838 --> 00:55:24,038 honest truth straight from me to you 1214 00:55:19,619 --> 00:55:28,869 that message of hope that's you you are 1215 00:55:24,039 --> 00:55:29,859 my message now that grandpa rattle why 1216 00:55:28,869 --> 00:55:31,599 don't you tell us a bit about yourself 1217 00:55:29,858 --> 00:55:33,119 in this book he won't share with us 1218 00:55:31,599 --> 00:55:36,000 tonight 1219 00:55:33,119 --> 00:55:38,318 well it ain't a book it's a ledger a 1220 00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:40,298 recording of every sick thing the ponies 1221 00:55:38,318 --> 00:55:41,409 of all who did by the time I'm done 1222 00:55:40,298 --> 00:55:43,750 reading two pages 1223 00:55:41,409 --> 00:55:44,889 I guarantee every one of y'all will wish 1224 00:55:43,750 --> 00:55:47,969 you could've been there to do what that 1225 00:55:44,889 --> 00:55:47,969 little mare did for you