> Dreaming again, you note. > You are in your old room, on your old bed, under your new wife. "Say, dear, would you mind getting off of me? Not that I don't enjoy this, but I probably should report to Luna." > Frozen gets more comfortable. "I told you, beloved. I am always the dominant one. Always." > Time passes enjoyably, then someone knocks on the door. > Frozen calls out in her soft voice, "Come in." > Luna opens the door, takes one look at you and Frozen, then shuts it. > She then speaks, muffled by the door. "We would appreciate it of thou wouldst compose thyself more modestly for our audience, Anonymous." > You are about to reply when Frozen puts a hoof on your mouth. "Princess Luna, surely thou hast seen many such scenes as this. Wilt thou not enter, and conduct thy business?" > There is a long pause. "Knowest thou not that I am the ruler of Dreaming?" "My beloved is but single branded. I knoweth of the excesses of royalty." > The door opens suddenly, revealing an angry Luna. "I do not care for thy implications, Schneegeist. Thy husband hath obligations to Equestria, and no brazen display shall impede their observance!" > Frozen takes her hoof off of your mouth. "We are in agreement. Give thy report, beloved, for there are things I desire of thee afterward." > Luna looks like she wants to say something, but decides against it. > You shrug helplessly. "As Celestia may have told you, Sombra had learned some humility. He also secured the services of a rock specialist, and I do believe he will start planting his first crop tomorrow." > Luna nods abruptly, then leaves. > You raise your eyebrows at Frozen. "What was that all about?" > She smiles smugly. "Marking territory." > You sigh. "Was there something you wanted to show me, or am I to spend the entire dream pinned to my bed?" > Frozen gets up leisurely. "I do have one or two things of interest." > You follow her into the library of your mind. A thought occurs to you. "If these are my memories, why doesn't Luna just lick the recent books?" > Unless she just wants to talk to you? You're not sure how you feel about that. > Frozen points upward. > Pages slowly float down from the ceiling, sorting themselves by section, you think. "Your recent memories." > What would happen if you thought of one of your recent memories? > Certain activities come to mind, and one of the many pages glows a pale blue on its descent into... yes, the porn section. > ... There is something you have to check.   > You set off towards the porn section, Frozen bemusedly trailing behind. > You aren't totally surprised at what you find, but it still is disturbing. "She /was/ spying on my sexytimes!" > Frozen pats your shoulder comfortingly. "You forget my nature. She may have been checking that I wasn't corrupting you while rutting." > She's taking this surprisingly well, considering how she reacted to Maud. "You... don't mind Luna spying on us?" > Frozen nods. "She is acceptable, and it was done with good reason. Now come, I truly have something to show you." > You follow her up several staircases and across a walkway over a vat of ink. > As you go higher, a distinct arboreal theme emerges, and soon a trapdoor opens out onto a forested roof. > She leads you to the edge, and you rest your forehooves on the crenelations. > Beyond the grounds of the library is a sheer drop off. Far below, lights and shadows roil and congregate, parting way only for indistinct grey giants. "This is your subconscious mind. There is a vast potential there, and in time I will show you how to tap it. For now, look up." > You do so, and see the night sky, full of stars. > Then you see the stars move, and lines in the voids between, and at once the sky resolves into a writhing mass of tentacle, claw, bone, eye, maw, and endless fractals to mark the boundaries. "Those are they who dwell outside, and are kept from interfering." > A star falls, a small beacon surrounded by a writhing mass. > One of the grey giants in your subconscious plucks it out of the air and eats it. > You turn to Frozen, worried. "And what just happened?" "An elder dropped some inspiration for you. This is not the source of all ideas you have, but a good number of the strange ones begin like this, and rise as your mind digests them." > This... This is a little too much. "Can we go inside, now?" > Frozen stares at you questioningly, but nods. > You feel better after closing the trapdoor. "That was intense." > Frozen's eyes widen in understanding, and she hugs you reassuringly. "Know that you will always be safe, as long as I am with you." > You hold onto her, rocking gently. > In time, you wake up.