Petstore Forerunner


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                                                >37687179

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                                                >"One would wonder how fire could subsist in a vacuum. Maybe Roy was talking out of his..."

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                                                >A Hub logo materializes in the corner of your vision and Discord's eyes literally bulge out of his head.

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                                                >"Posterior."

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                                                >There was a time when you'd have told him how it might've been possible, but now you just give him a blank stare.

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                                                >He gives you an exasperated sigh, snapping his fingers and bringing up the scene from earlier.

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                                                >"You're lucky I'm oh so very talented. Orion is hardly an answer, more of a hint to one than anything, but this is it alright. "

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                                                >He pulls out some sort of tube-like apparatus from the dreamscape around you and begins to work at it.

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                                                "So..."

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                                                >"Yes, yes, of course. I am a being of my word. None of fate's intended harm will come to her, I will see to that."

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                                                "Thank you."

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                                                >"I'd have left you in that store, and you're thanking me?"

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                                                >You give him another neutral look.

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                                                >"Well, this is where I get off."

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                                                >You hold the look and you're pretty sure you can see a flash of annoyance in his eyes before they go back to whatever was in there before.

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                                                >And then he's gone.

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                                                >Or is it you that has gone?

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                                                >Not important.

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                                                >You're laying your head on something soft in the darkness.

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                                                >You shift around a bit and feel something hard.

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                                                >And hear a squeak.

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                                                >When you look up and slightly to the left in the direction of the sound, you're met with two big, curious eyes and a fuzzy, light orange face.

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                                                >Without words you pull yourself in closer, wrapping your hooves around the mare and rubbing your muzzle against her cheek.

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                                                >She makes a higher-pitched contented sound in response, and you know that even though this is Discord's doing and you probably could speak to her if you tried; you don't want to.

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                                                >The two of you hold each other close for what feels like hours, but based on how dreams-

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                                                >Nah, you don't have a schedule anymore. No need to worry about that sort of thing.

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                                                >You wish it could last longer, but the feeling of warmth and security in your owner's arms when you awake next to him is just as good.

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                                                >He's still asleep, so your drift in and out of several dreamless half-sleep half-waking states while you wait for him to wake up.

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                                                >Finally, you hear the telltale grunt of someone waking up.

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                                                >He immediately sees your eyes and chuckles.

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                                                >"Early riser, I take it?"

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                                                >You're... not sure.

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                                                >You do your best shrug but it's harder without human shoulders and with someone hugging you tightly.

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                                                >He seems to understand though,

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                                                >"So, does somepony want pancakes?"

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                                                >Your hoof immediately twitches, too bound by strong arms to shoot up in affirmation.

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                                                >"I'll take that as a yes."