For the record, she wasn't impressed by the Queen Rap Battle

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

[Look, it's a zebra! Zecora has unrolled a scroll in her home as a thought occurred to her -- an important one, since a cauldron in the back is belching thick green clouds of something she isn't paying attention to.]

Newponies and old alike
A thought strikes me that I dislike.
A curiosity I present to those
Trapped by changelings. This question I pose
Concerns your health and how you fare
In the days since the invasion scare.
Is anypony feeling unwell
In unusual ways, if you can tell?

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[zebrarhyme_everytime]

How do you not fall
When you stand tall?
Regardless of leg length
Ponies haven't the strength.

[foalyfight]

Because our legs are about half the length of our entire body, from head to foot! That way, our center of gravity is different!

We can go on all fours, too, but it looks silly!

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

Would that not shift the weight much higher
Making your muscles quicker to tire?

[foalyfight]

I guess that's true! We don't stand as much as ponies do! Although we still walk and run a lot!

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

And are two or four better for speed?
Can you lower your head to run faster in need?

[foalyfight]

Well, if I had to choose, I'd say four legs is faster!

I've never tried to run faster by lowering my head, but I bet it would! You'd be closer to the ground!

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

I would so like to see
A proper human body
There is much I would like to know
And words have only so far to go.

[foalyfight]

I could draw one for you! Although just a plain body is kind of boring... it would need some robotics! Or a tail!

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

[Zecora has no words for this for several moments, trying to process the leap of logic that had seen those sentences through from beginning to end. Nope, she can't manage it.]

A plain body cannot bore me
When it's something I have yet to see.

[foalyfight]

Well... alright, then!

[And sure enough, she draws a relatively simple drawing:

]

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

I see! You look a little like
Our friendly baby dragon, Spike.
The limbs are longer, you're not nearly as round
But a certain resemblance can be found.

[foalyfight]

I've not met Spike-san, but I talked to another dragon over the scrolls! We don't have them back home!

Eh heh, maybe humans are the dragons of our world!

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

Spike is not quite the same
As other dragons: no wings to claim.
Smaller and with dexterous paws
Useful like 'hands' if he has cause.

[holyfight]

Oh, he's smaller? The one I saw over the scrolls said he was as big as a house! How big is Spike-san?

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

While an adult dragon is indeed that size
A baby dragon has somewhat lower highs.

[Zecora holds her hoof off the ground to demonstrate Spike's comparative lack of height, even compared to ponies.]

[holyfight]

Oh, that sounds adorable! Is he really cute, too?

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

I think he has a certain charm
Incapable of doing harm.

[She won't mention that one time Spike got greedy, robbed her blind, and then attacked Ponyville. Poor little guy.]

[holyfight]

A dragon that can't hurt anyone! That sounds extra cute!

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

Having been raised by ponies from the start
He's closer to them, in spirit and heart.

[foalyfight]

Ponies are really kind and friendly, huh?

Are there bad ponies?

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

That depends on what you mean by 'bad'.
Some ponies are mean, and make others sad.
Once, King Sombra was so evil and vile
The Princesses themselves banished him for a while.

[holyfight]

So there are bad ponies!

I never would've thought - everyone has been so nice since I got here!

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

A pony that wicked is very rare.
But it can happen, so have a care.