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[verygassy]

[Hey guys, its Minako!...And she looks like crud. Better than Kyouko, but that's not saying much.

She looks drained, almost defeated, as she speaks.]

As Kyouko said, Jappleack's been taken by the Pale Pony. There's...more to it than that, but if you need to know, I'll be at the library.

That's all.

[And in the library she'll be, stuffing her face with food. She's not eaten for weeks, even though for her, it had only been a night at the most inside that horrible place.

She's staring at one panel of shelves in particular, pulling a particular book in and out, while looking at another book at her side: the purple book with gold border that they'd brought from Stalliongrad.

Hmm.]

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[verygassy]

[She takes a breath. She doesn't like the possibility of this theory, but she does have to point it out.]

Or...maybe its a clue to her true identity.

[tsunpony]

Mmm that too.

Make no mistake, I am not ruling out the possibility, however remotely, that the Pale Pony is someone very close to Twilight, or a Twilight. One that fell into some kind of state and is struggling to remember herself.

My own father fell to darkness when he tried to save our kingdom, so I know the pain of fighting someone who could potentially be your friend or family. So I'm not ruling it out. Also, Mayfieldian Cruelty Levels keep reminding me of just how horrible a possibility is, like when the milk may have been made from human souls.

[verygassy]

I don't like the possibility, but it can't be ruled out.

[She pauses.]

The AI of the computer...it had Twilight's voice.

[tsunpony]

Then she had a hand in it somehow. You can't rule that out. Inadvertently, or with meaning, all will become clear soon I'll bet.

For now, I think we need to focus on the now than the future, so that we can best prepare for later.

[verygassy]

Well of course, but we need to also save the future too!

[Because the future is in the lady's...she doesn't know, small intestine?]

[tsunpony]

Of course, but one step at a time. We can't rush into anything.