...I could have easily stopped Fluttercruel from punching Lyra in the nose. But I didn't. I trust that she did the right thing.
[Her voice then becomes firm.]
But please don't tell me my child's cutie mark and special talent is wrong. She helped me realize something. Back in my Equestria, there was a time where I was in denial of the harsher truths of nature. She took control of this body to force me to look at it, and... I didn't react well. I turned into a nightmare... Nightmare Whisper, and I did things which I still regret. I took away everyone's pain and bought it all to myself. Every agony, every hubris, every obsession, every heartbreak, all of it.
I couldn't stand to see things be so vicious, so I tried to create a mask over all of Equestria. Everypony would be just innocent foals, never learning, never growing, never changing.
And worst of all...
[Fluttershy's voice takes on a pained tone.]
...If things had gone a little differently... if I had made one slightly different choice... I would have killed millions of unborn foals. But Fluttercruel helped me realize that the dark and vicious needs to be accepted or else things would never get better. They would only stagnate.
[Fluttershy then hands back the candy bars over to Bonbon.]
We're in this together. Her punishment is mine, and vice versa. We're sorry to have bothered you.
[She then turns to leave, not even taking back the five bits.]
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...I could have easily stopped Fluttercruel from punching Lyra in the nose. But I didn't. I trust that she did the right thing.
[Her voice then becomes firm.]
But please don't tell me my child's cutie mark and special talent is wrong. She helped me realize something. Back in my Equestria, there was a time where I was in denial of the harsher truths of nature. She took control of this body to force me to look at it, and... I didn't react well. I turned into a nightmare... Nightmare Whisper, and I did things which I still regret. I took away everyone's pain and bought it all to myself. Every agony, every hubris, every obsession, every heartbreak, all of it.
I couldn't stand to see things be so vicious, so I tried to create a mask over all of Equestria. Everypony would be just innocent foals, never learning, never growing, never changing.
And worst of all...
[Fluttershy's voice takes on a pained tone.]
...If things had gone a little differently... if I had made one slightly different choice... I would have killed millions of unborn foals. But Fluttercruel helped me realize that the dark and vicious needs to be accepted or else things would never get better. They would only stagnate.
[Fluttershy then hands back the candy bars over to Bonbon.]
We're in this together. Her punishment is mine, and vice versa. We're sorry to have bothered you.
[She then turns to leave, not even taking back the five bits.]