[He nods to her and takes a deep breath to at least calm himself down, he was still working off an adrenaline rush.]

So we dove into Calice via...some back door. What we found on the other side was...well it was Ponyville but it was...muted. Color, sound...it was like everything was being absorbed. We were told to never look at the sky so I did just that, I kept my eyes straight ahead and focused on the task at hand, Dandy had a plan and I was going to make sure to see the whole thing through.

[He shakes his head a little.]

I think the thing that hit everyone the hardest was seeing the Golden Oak burnt to the ground...actually more like eternally burning to the ground, I'm not sure that blaze was natural in any fashion.