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[wings_of_ilia]

[It's late. It's cold. Florina's tired, sore, and upset, but right now, she just wants to get home. Anyone outside tonight might catch a flash of white soaring overhead, or see a pegasus and her rider knocking enthusiastically at the window of apartment 8 in the first Community Housing building.]

Ah! I'm alright! A-a-and I found her!

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[wannabolt]

[...uh. That has to be the freakiest pegasus she's ever seen. She's so huge! And where's her cutie mark? And why is there somebody riding her and just--

Yeah. Very cartoony looking pegasus staring right back at them, also conveniently located in the sky.]

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[wings_of_ilia]

[Florina notices she's being watched and turns to look at...whatever it is. Well, it's flying, and it has hooves, ears, and a mane. So, maybe it might be a horse? Though, it's awfully small, and awfully blue. She blinks a few times and clears her throat. No use being rude and just staring at the little creature.]

I...um...c-can I help you?

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[wannabolt]

[Oh, that's... awkward. Now she looks a little sheepish, if still a little confused.]

Er. Is that a pegasus?

[Man, seeing horses that can't talk was strange enough. But winged ones, too?]

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[wings_of_ilia]

Y-yes, yes she is. [There's a pause as she wonders if her next question is appropriate. She fidgets a little and then decides to just go for it.] Say, um, i-if you don't mind my asking... are you a pegasus?

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[wannabolt]

Sure am!

[And she looks so proud of that fact.]

But I thought I was the only one around.

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[wings_of_ilia]

You p-p-probably were!

[She certainly hadn't seen any pegasi around Luceti, and she'd looked everywhere. She'd even put up posters and everything.]

I, erm, lost H-Huey when I arrived and um, apparently the M-M-Malnosso had her so...

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[wannabolt]

The Malnosso had her?

[Oh, she doesn't look very pleased by that. No way!]

They didn't do anything to her, right? I swear, if I ever run into those creeps...!

[Now she's hovering in an upright position, and she briefly punches the air with one of her hooves.]

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[wings_of_ilia]

Ah! I don't think they did? A-a-at least, I hope not! [She reaches down to scratch her mount's ears.] I checked her a-and nothing was broken, or bruised, b-but well...I don't think I can know until I've gotten a better chance to look her over and be sure. She seems like the same old Huey...

[At that comment, she gets a little quieter and looks down at her pegasus.]

I hope you never run into them.

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[wannabolt]

If I do, I'll show 'em a thing or two. Besides, I'd outspeed 'em if they tried to get their hands on me.

[It's... actually pretty strange, seeing a pegasus as someone's mount. Especially since Dash comes from a world where ponies are the dominant species.

She's... trying not to make that too obvious, though.]

So, uh. Can she stand on clouds and stuff?

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[wings_of_ilia]

[What kind of question is that? Her eyes widen and she stares at Rainbow.]

B-but! Um! Cloud's aren't solid.

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[wannabolt]

So?

[Dash is just gonna... plop onto a nearby cloud. Note how she's sitting on it like it is solid.]

All the pegasi back home can do it. We're the only ponies that can, unless you use unicorn magic.

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[wings_of_ilia]

[Her eyes widen even further. Her day just got about 20% cooler.] T-that's...that's amazing! Huey c-can't do anything like that! The pegasi from my world can only fly and r-run. A-and, all the pegasi from your world can, um, do t-that? Oh! Is it something you c-can learn?

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[wannabolt]

[Just as planned. And Dash, being... well, Dash, is going to move that cloud down a bit, acting all chill.]

More like something we're born with. Most pegasi live up in Cloudsdale, and it'd be pretty bad if we couldn't stand in our own city.

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[wings_of_ilia]

[That. Is. So. Cool. Don't mind her, she's just going to keep staring with a giddy smile on her face.]

You have cities? I-in the clouds? T-that's amazing!

[She's a little sad it's not something she can learn to do, but oh well! Cloud cities!]

I b-bet it's this place is pretty, erm, boring you then, um, if there are so m-many amazing things where you c-c-come from.

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[wannabolt]

Yep, and Cloudsdale's the coolest city in the sky. Not that I mind hangin' around Ponyville, either.

[Boring, though? Hah. Dash shakes her head.]

Nah, it's not too boring. There's a ton of stuff to do, and all the hue-mans and other creatures are pretty new to me.

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[wings_of_ilia]

Oh, that's good! Ah! Wait, s-so, um, your world...doesn't have humans t-then?

[But then, why would there be horses? And who would ride the horses? And how would they get anything done when they have only hooves and no fingers or thumbs? She has gone straight from amazed, to completely and totally bewildered.