[Today's view is not Zecora's hut, but her stall in the Night Market, with the fresh addition of a small wood-burning stove. On it sits a pair of teakettles, with an arrangement of herbs and tea balls nearby.]

The way things are, I had best remind
All of you that you can find
A spot of tea and sympathy
If you seek either and need a breather.

[Seriously, ponies; she's glad to help, but she won't come hunt you down to do it. Advice only works when it is asked for, not given.]

The baby dragon that appears on the scroll might be recognizable to some as Mako's foster daughter, Etranger. She spends a couple of moments propping up the scroll before giggling and levitating over to a reclining Timber Wolf - the same one Mako introduced as Aeris a week or so ago.

"Okay! I'm all ready, and you promised me a song!"

The Timber Wolf matches Etranger's giggle with one of her own as she reaches out for the dragon with one wooden paw, drawing her down to rest against her side.

"I did♪ And I know just the one, too♪ I sang this to you while you were in your egg♪"

Etranger's eyes are wide with delight as Aeris begins to sing.

As the last few notes of the song fade away, Mako's voice can be heard coming from behind the viewpoint.

"Aeris, have you seen my scroll?"

Everyone seems so sad..Why is that? Is there something I missed?

[Yes Cirno, you have. Either way she continues on.]

Maybe we should have a festival or something, bring everyone's hopes and moods up right? It's got to help ponies...Right?

we should be talking and smiling. Make all the bad things go away and be close to our friends and people we care a lot about!

But..I guess I wanna figure things out too.

( Private to Nephenee )

[Lyra opened the mail today while she was taking breakfast tea, and spittaked. Are you serious?!

Grabbing for her scroll, she coughed up a bit of tea before clearing her throat.] Ruby, Ruby, can you take care of the store for a weekend? I need to take an emergency trip to Neighpon. My old talent agency sent me a letter and I'm going to be auditioning for a live action moviehouse serial!

If I get the part, I'll be leaving next month to take care of some things. Production is at the Neighpon capital but I'll be back this weekend. We'll see what comes up.

And I'm going to need a trans-continental teleport for anyone who knows how to do that. I haven't seen Alastor for a while, so I'm assuming he's drowning in paperwork.

I'll need a return trip too, because taking the train is going to be a long trip, almost double the travel time.

[Sitting down, she brushed her mane back as she continued to read the letter.] Can't believe Ishinohorace called me. I didn't think he remembered that I still acted on the side. The project in the production is called Ninja Cap-tan. I should be all right to take some time off to film this.