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Fluttershy looked up from her work, pausing long enough to toss the remainder of the prepared vegetables into the large basket before hurrying to the door. Who could possibly be visiting at such an early hour? Twilight or Rarity would've sent ahead to make sure she was expecting them. Applejack would be doing her chores, and Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash would probably be sleeping off whatever excitement they'd been up to the night before. Her steps grew more hesitant as she crossed her cabin, dodging deftly…-
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Faithful Gale flew home, dodging up the stairs of the Stalwart Shield Memorial Building and across the cavern towards Moonrise’s newest housing, the ‘Gate Complex.’ Even without her sense of hearing, she could’ve followed the magic to the place—so much teleportation in so small an area had created a constant thunderstorm over the building, which rumbled and shocked anything that got too close. She made sure to land well before she got in range, using her fur lifting as a guide. A metal tunnel…-
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Some part of Theo wondered if she should be worried about their unexpected invitation to visit the queen. Certainly it would’ve frightened her if she stepped off a plane during her first visit to the United States and had a few police officers show up to escort her to the president. But one sidelong glance at Sharp didn’t suggest any distress on his face. If it was weird to receive treatment like this, he didn’t show it.They didn’t threaten us. They let us do whatever we wanted, let us stay…-
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Alex Haggard woke on the edge of the Supernal Sea surrounded by old friends. The crash of the distant waves faded into white noise. There were numberless concourses of people here—some of them were ponies. For all its terrible might, the Stygian Key was undone.“I’ve wondered for a long time if there was anything up there,” Archive said, staring off across the sea. She saw the center of everything, the core of magic that existed at the heart of the galaxy. The same force that had killed so much…-
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Autumn Blaze led them to Hono's larger buildings. Lotus hadn't even seen it at first, concealed behind many layers of trees on the outskirts of the village. Up close it was impossible to miss: a castle, albeit of a decidedly nonwestern style. Its foundation was entirely of stone, rising up a few stories before floors of wooden walls. Each had its own steepled roof, higher than the last. It opened in only one place, where a pair of stern-looking kirin watched a gate into a tiny internal courtyard.…-
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The further they flew, the colder it got.Soon enough it became clear that their strategy of avoiding Feather by staying away from civilization had a price—they couldn’t descend again without buying or finding gas, and so they never did. But not landing meant they had a limited supply of food, and an even more limited supply of fuel.The little firebox struggled to keep the cabin warm against the blasting arctic chill, except when filled almost to capacity. But they were running out of coal much too fast…
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They left the temple, or at least that part of it, descending a set of stairs near the back to a basement level. The rooms were all decorated in a similar style, with lunar and night-based tapestries and mosaics wherever there was room. This seemed to be the quarters for the priests, judging by the modest bedrooms they passed, along with a cooking and bathing area, all clean but looking lived-in.“Of all the ponies I thought might visit…” Nightbreeze said. “I never imagined she would send you. Guess…-
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Summer stared down at her screen, letting the ominous message run over and over in her head. It just didn't make sense. Kate had tried to impersonate her in front of everyone after they arrived. She'd threatened a child, she'd tried to bomb the damn observatory. Maybe Corey was just wrong? Brooks had come to them first. But she had been talking to Kate too, and hadn't seemed eager to share what had been decided between them.She's fucking dangerous, Summer responded. She didn't want to send a long message,…
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Summer fell amid a gale of roaring updrafts, each one rising from the front of a different skyscraper. Some part of her had wondered why there were so few ponies flying between the dense skyscrapers, and now she learned. The sky didn’t want her here. What was worse: Summer wasn’t some master aerial navigator, able to dodge and weave and dart through the sky with dozens of named maneuvers. Emerald wanted her to learn, but Emerald wasn’t here.They’re behind me. Someone as powerful as Kate will have…
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Restructure housing and offer better accommodations to anyone who joins. This new space will be secured by expanding beyond the federal limits of the Isolation Zone. 45%Sunburst's plan was far more than a single suggestion, of course. A nation was not going to be built purely by supplying more labor, or making that labor more useful. But the population of infected did represent by far the greatest waste of an incredibly valuable resource. Why leave everyone sitting around doing nothing with their time?It…-
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