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Lyra lowered herself awkwardly to the grass below a deep blue sun. She'd come not to a world this time, but a building without a planet. "I will not keep you for long. I know the ship you left behind is eager to have its captain returned. And your crew—strange as they are—I would not wish to cause them undue distress."Up close, the metal figure before her was only more perplexing. It wore a uniform over its golden body, similar in design to the jumpsuits that Computer gave Time Turner and Muffins.…-
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Tie it down 49% Spike chewed nervously on the edge of his claws as he listened to Applejack’s running commentary on her work. He really would’ve rather been out there with her, to be the extra pair of claws if something went wrong. But Twilight needed tending, and they might need someone on the Equinox.“That’s three high-tension lines straight into her belly,” Applejack said. “If she tries to take off and fly away now, all she’ll do is be our little tugboat.”Spike had spent almost no time…-
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Jacob learned that day there was a bar somewhere near the roof of the largest structure in Unity, where there was always enough of “the good cider” for every pony returning from a difficult or successful mission. The four of them got a table near the balcony, where those who could fly were free to come and go. “That was about the smoothest mission I’ve ever seen.” Harley toasted with a rough wooden mug, and they all drank (except Danielle, who only had water).The excitement was infectious, blush…-
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Mira lay on the clouds, more lost than she had ever been in the waking world.After a lifetime of suffering, she had finally discovered a way out—but she would not take it for herself. All the bats of Equestria needed help, it was not good enough to just save herself. She would not go.Despite a tantalizing promise of salvation for herself and her tribe, she had discovered cowardice in the sleeping world. With few exceptions, its denizens were unwilling to go with her. They would not risk themselves on her…-
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Tracy stared down at the tablet Janet had given him, skimming over its lines one more time. Some part of him expected this to be a trick, that he’d tap it and the next screen over would announce it was a joke. It didn’t matter that doing something so cruel probably wouldn’t even be legal, even if Janet had been the type to try it, which she wasn’t.“FORMAL OFFER of EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT”It began, before spilling out into blocks of legalese. Like what he’d signed to work as an intern, though far…-
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When Lyra stepped out into the impossible clearing, it wasn't naked and muddy or wearing fur. Now she felt like she was dressed for war—a thin, flexible top of metal links, with a skirt to match. Somehow it fit her perfectly without adjustment, or even much struggle to get over her damp skin.It was magic, obviously—the strange, new kind of magic that surrounded her, or rested on her ears as a little wreath. She was still a plain, ordinary human—but the locals didn't stare and point anymore. Most…-
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Felicity drifted through the water of an alien ocean. She didn’t feel the passage of time, and very little else besides. There was the light above her, warm and inviting. Over the course of many local days she drifted upward towards the surface, spreading thin along it to soak up as much of the feeble sunlight as she could. Some deeply buried part of her realized how strange this was, but those impressions were ignored. Her body might make no rational sense anymore, but that was a preferable state of…-
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The door opened a crack, barely wide enough to see a gray unicorn with a single blue eye. Seemed strange that a horse could grow such a large beard. "Go away. I already paid my tax for this month."The door glowed faintly as the unicorn moved to stop it, but Golden stuck his hoof into the gap. "Wait. We're not who you think."Starlight squeezed in just behind him, so they could both look through the opening. That mare clearly didn't care much about his personal space anymore. "Please let us in! Equestria…-
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Lane's heart was still racing, hours after the fight. Some part of her couldn't accept that she was out of danger. That salamence might be stalking her even now, for the crime of getting anywhere close to its children. Didn't dragons live a really long time? Maybe as long as mew. "I don't... I don't think that was fair," she said. It was as brave as she could manage, under the circumstances. She wanted to scream at Korina, or maybe hit her with a psychic attack. But she…-
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We arrived with no more disasters. We weren’t ambushed by the undead, or secretly betrayed by the Virtue crew for some esoteric reward. Instead we pulled into Caesarea after not quite two days in the air. A distance that had taken the Hammer of Gaius only hours. But it didn’t matter, we’d made it. Whether I would survive what came next, that was the tricky thing. We scrubbed in the cold shower until neither of us smelled like anything but soap and shivering, but would that be enough?“I’ll go to…-
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