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Kaelynn was making progress.Every morning she told herself that—or at least, she assumed they were mornings. Her prison had no windows, nothing more than the magical glow of crystals they could brighten or dim on command. But she could keep track of the days in other ways. The demands of Morningtide made that easy enough.Most of the time, she just wanted to show her off. Groups of well-dressed ponies visited their tank. They weren't what she imagined when she pictured a group of people willing to look at…-
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Blake didn't crash the Bright Hawk on their flight out of Canterlot. Of course he didn't tell anyone that the real challenge would come when he tried to land anywhere. Taking off was really just a matter of giving them enough lift to go up, then not going into any of the flight-lanes reserved for ponies instead of ships. His own personal expertise helped a little when choosing a destination. Just because he'd never done anything with demolitions didn't mean he couldn't give some advice. "We need somewhere…
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There was only so much Vesper could learn from making a few holes in the mountainside. Ultimately what they really needed to know was how their explosives would work underground. How close was too close? Would they bring down the ceiling?That was why they'd chosen this specific location to test, of all places. It had a perfect test cave, made of roughly the same materials as the place they'd soon be carrying out their rescue.Vesper did have one great advantage: her ignorance. Without any real-world…
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On some level, Ryan knew what would happen when Vesper and Blake returned. He didn't need the incredible power of changeling magic to know what two people did when they spent the night together in a romantic spot. Or somewhere he assumed was romantic, anyway. Bats liked caves, it made sense.Besides, he'd been entirely preoccupied with his own part of the plan, preparing to do the job of a changeling who'd been trained for this her entire life. When he thought about it like that, the weight of his stupidity…
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Blake would never be able to enjoy being underground the way Vesper could. He couldn't quite say what it was—maybe the stone ceilings overhead, maybe the distant sounds he couldn't quite place. Maybe it was the inability to easily flee, or having to trust to stone that might collapse and kill him. It was that same feeling of being unsafe that came from visiting an unfamiliar city. He was out of place, he didn't belong here.It didn't help that this particular trip was meant intentionally to break the law…
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Ryan was doing pretty good at this spy stuff.Yeah, she didn't know exactly how unicorns acted some of the time, and that meant a few awkward looks. Her ability to imitate their magic to move objects around was obviously weaker than it should've been, judging by the way people stared. She didn't do it for very long at a time, and things got even better.But as eager as she was to charge right into the mansion and look for Kaelynn, she had to resist the urge. Getting dragged out by the guards and thrown onto…
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"Where is the other one?" Red Sky asked, his voice even more annoyed and obnoxious than he sounded last time. There were a dozen different ponies waiting in the room with him, so the pony could be only so sharp with her. This would probably just mean worse food tomorrow, or maybe a longer delay until they got the next page of the songbook.She swam in a slow loop, barely even seeing the different ponies out there. She could just go back the way she came. But Red Sky kept track of how many times they failed…
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So maybe Vesper had underestimated pony strength a little. They were all so cute, particularly when they dressed up in little outfits. How could a creature like that hurt her?But the pegasus stallion had been twice her size, and far less interested in her awkward attempts to distract him than she'd hoped. This was not how the fight was supposed to go.Could a little pony stop her? The answer as it turned out was "easily."Vesper lay on her side on the cavern floor, blindfolded and hogtied. She ached from a…
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Together, Kaelynn and Tellin shoved the metal ceiling out of the way. As she expected, it was hinged, the only way to load or unload anything big in their tank. It took incredible strength to push open, and that was just against the small side. The other metal section was even larger, and would be entirely beyond their ability to move.Kaelynn stopped beside the water, resting her hooves on the metal lip with her gills just under the surface. There she could observe the room beyond without suffocating.…
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Blake advanced into the tunnel. Heat still burned in his chest, demanding to be released. It was a little like lighting off a spectacular fireworks display, but giving up halfway through and dousing the whole thing instead. They were close, far closer than he had dared to hope. Somewhere in this building was the last member of his team—once he found her, that would be it. They could rendezvous with Earth, get the film crew here, and he would never leave another team-member on their own again. Certainly…
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