[Given Bertie really wants to believe her, he isn't going to be credulous about the tone of her commentary in the slightest.]
I suppose it is... though it does play merry hay on the nerves to have the highest mare in Equestria not in the know on these mysterious occurrences.
[His smile is nervous, but he offers one all the same. It just won't do to have his worries passed on to Surprise, as well!]
Right, but, well, I'm going to be searching for them all the same. Just to see every 't' is crossed and 'i' dotted as it should be in these matters, what? If they've returned home, that's brilliant, of course! Perhaps we'll all just need to wait a little longer to return to the homestead, as well.
Do you think they might still be ponies back where they're from, though? Hah! I dare say I'd give more than a few of my chums a heart attack if I turned up as a winged horse at the Drones Club! Hahahaha!
[He cuts off, because lapsing into mildly hysterical laughter isn't going to help.]
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I suppose it is... though it does play merry hay on the nerves to have the highest mare in Equestria not in the know on these mysterious occurrences.
[His smile is nervous, but he offers one all the same. It just won't do to have his worries passed on to Surprise, as well!]
Right, but, well, I'm going to be searching for them all the same. Just to see every 't' is crossed and 'i' dotted as it should be in these matters, what? If they've returned home, that's brilliant, of course! Perhaps we'll all just need to wait a little longer to return to the homestead, as well.
Do you think they might still be ponies back where they're from, though? Hah! I dare say I'd give more than a few of my chums a heart attack if I turned up as a winged horse at the Drones Club! Hahahaha!
[He cuts off, because lapsing into mildly hysterical laughter isn't going to help.]