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[hattrickery]

When the scroll turns on, it shows Hayate, sitting in her cloud shack and looking thoughtful, her wings rustling in contemplation.

"So, uh...today I realized something. It's been eight months since I showed up here, you know? And in all that time, I haven't died once. This is the longest I've ever gone without getting killed!"

Her wings shudder briefly before fully extending.

"It's actually kind of weird, really, and I'm not sure how to deal with it. Like, what if I get out of the habit? I mean...I'd have to relearn how to fight and everything! So, uh...anyone got any good tips? Where can a girl go to get killed around here?"

...uh-huh.

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[hattrickery]

"Not...really? It's not all that different from a quick nap."

Hayate doesn't understaaaaand.

[hattrickery]

"You, uh...drag their coffin to the church and the priest there will just pray to God to return them to life?"

[hattrickery]

Slight pause as she considers how to put it.

"I'm an immortal being of sacred power made flesh, charged with ensuring the safety and happiness of the mortals under my care."

[kuposword]

Yeah, especially if it goes out of control. I'm in the habit of summoning Primal Egi but a fully manifested Primal? Proooobably should kill it before it tempers anyone.

[hattrickery]

Hayate's wings fluff up as she considers this.

"...I'm really not sure what to say to that."

[hattrickery]

"Well, in my original world, if you get killed all you need to do is get dragged back to a church and have the priest revive you."

[hattrickery]

"It's important! I mean, sure, getting killed hurts a little, but if I was afraid of pain it'd cripple me in a real fight, and that'd mean I was failing my duty!"

[fckingcazadors]

*You always get experience and loot!*

...if you say so.

[hattrickery]

"Yeah, okay, let's not summon one, then."

[hattrickery]

"Plus, it'd just be embarrassing to get killed by a bear, you know?"

[fckingcazadors]

Yeah, true, I've gotta give you that.

Unless it was a lot of bears.

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[stormbroken]

They were in my Equestria. Dunno if things are the same here.

Look... you know that most ponies die when they're killed, right?

Like, for keeps.

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[rabbitheartedfox]

But... Dying is a bad thing to do.

[toosmarttodie]

Like a more invasive version of the police, got it.

[polyturtle]

No...offense, but wouldn't something like that drive you crazy after a little while?

[NOT THAT HE HAS ANY EXPERIENCE WITH THAT OR ANYTHING...]

[hattrickery]

Yeah, I'm sorry, that still doesn't make any sense.

[hattrickery]

"Like, twenty bears? It'd probably be much less embarrassing if there were twenty of them."

[fckingcazadors]

Twenty, thirty, fifty, a hundred, whatever. It gets less embarrassing the more there are.

Might get pretty damn stupid if there are way too many, though.

[hattrickery]

"You're...sure about that?"

[hattrickery]

Hayate blinks a few times before grinning.

"That'd be a neat story - 'I Was Killed By Ten Thousand Bears!' Nobody'd ever believe me."

[fckingcazadors]

That's why you get witnesses.

[hattrickery]

Blink.

"I'm not a guardsman, though. Princess Luna was very clear on that. I don't enforce the law, I make people happy."

[hattrickery]

"Not especially? I mean. It's normal."

[mechmadeoflove]

...Rez magic common where you come from?

(She has jRPG written all over her face, so it's a reasonable assumption. That, and he remembers her talking about how she sleeps - with a jingle, and then she's rested.)

Yeah. That's HELLA rare in Equestria, and from what I've heard puts you at risk of meeting the Pale Pony. Wouldn't recommend it here.

[hattrickery]

"...you know, that's the first sensible answer I've gotten."