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Hayden looked in, surveying her new living quarters. Her wings twitched a little as she did so, betraying some of her worry that this might be a trick. How easily would it be to trick her into a cell, where she could be locked away and made to be quiet. They still hadn’t given her back her gun, which hardly filled her with trust.But it wasn’t a cell, didn’t seem to have a lock at all in fact. In terms of living quarters, Hayden would’ve compared it with an upscale hotel… or at least an upscale…-
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Silver Star walked away from Magpie, knowing that at any moment the Polestar might decide to kill her. There was nothing he could do—nothing beyond the threats he had already made. And I still don’t know why it wants me working for it. He wasn’t surprised the Polestar hadn’t volunteered. The less he knew about its desires, the less pressure he could put on it.If it keeps its word and doesn’t hurt her, I don’t care. He approached the shimmering field, the shield more powerful than anything…-
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Sunset Shimmer took one last glimpse around the block, crouching behind the low wall on someone’s front lawn and watching Canterlot High with sharp eyes. There was a single security guard in the building, but he kept a regular route, circling around the entire perimeter every hour or so. According to her watch, he should be on the far side within the next thirty seconds. The screen glowed faintly in the darkness, illuminating the little moon-phase tracker at the top. If you were ever right about…-
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Despite the fire in her body, despite the unimaginable disappointment, Faith still had the presence of mind to try and bow. She wanted to survive this meeting with the princess, after all. We knew this would happen eventually. The princess was going to figure out where we’d gone. Now we have to justify it. “Everything we did was my responsibility,” she said, before Arclight could do something stupid like trying to defend her. “Arclight tried to stop me. I forced him to bring me here.”Even moving…
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Deal with the Prison 58%Wayfinder's impossible task did not begin that day, of course. She was needed for the initial expansion into the new areas. More than once she had to instruct the city's boots on the ground in how to resolve disputes. What about earth ponies who wanted to help but hadn't known? What about cases where someone had nothing to contribute yet, but their current housing was very, very poor? Agree to too many, and the policy would mean nothing. Refuse too often, and she might well have a…-
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Danielle withdrew from Sunset as she started cutting the air with her hand. She could think of no other word for the way her hand had sliced the air like paper, glowing with Equestrian magic as she went. With each cut another of Harley's bombs would shoot through the air, through the hole she made to somewhere Danielle couldn't see."Breaching team, get ready!" Sunset hovered a few feet above the ground, and the air around her was so hot Danielle could practically see steam rising all around her. "I'm…-
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We have documents from the plague's original source 89%Wayfinder did not expect much difficulty with the central aspect of her task, since, of course, her claims were true. Yes, they were the origin of the infection. Yes, they had unique resources that might allow for a vaccine, something no other territory or government had any chance of producing. But whether any remote power would be willing to invest the resources required to help her city—that was much harder. She had to convince them that she had…
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They came for her a few hours later. First the metal taps on the ceiling, striking repeatedly where she was confined. She tapped back, even though Lotus was so overwhelmed she desired no motion at all. Yes she was still there, still alive. Whether she deserved to be after what she had brought into Equestria—that was for someone else to decide.We could've trapped her. We could've put things right. But not anymore. What did burning that book mean? Magical things of course, but how could she know what they…-
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A search of the ancient ruins proved more difficult than Faith might’ve initially suspected. With an entirely enclosed space and nopony around to stop her, she would’ve expected to instantly locate a set of iron eyes. Then she could put them on over her real ones, and everything would be perfect forever. Obviously there would be no further trouble with her position in Moonrise once her resourcefulness and success was so plainly known. And with her vision restored, she would be able to salvage all kinds…
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Just because Silver wanted desperately to be out in the city didn't mean his magical recovery was going any faster. He could cast the spell just as easily as last time—easier, really, since he hadn't been teleporting around. But almost the instant he'd finished performing the spell, he could feel the pressure of it against his brain. It was like working his legs again after a difficult day digging. They moved the way he wanted, but they didn't want to. All he had to do was push a little too hard and his…
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