10 Butterflies [Visual]

[strengthinkindness]

[There's a Fluttershy on the scrolls, looking rather worried and trying not to be upset.]

H-Has...anyone seen Sunset or Donnie...? The...Donnie with Digimon...

I...I-I was trying to call them, and...I-I couldn't reach them...

[Private to Don]

I-I...I think Donnie's gone again...

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[strengthinkindness]

[She nodded.] Something like that...show Calice that, no matter what happens...friendship does exist...let her know that we won't stop making and being friends...

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[polyturtle]

But how do we make friends with her? Talking to her hasn't helped, and even after two years, she hasn't exactly budged on the subject.

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[strengthinkindness]

...I think she has, in a way...Maybe not as much as we would have liked...b-but it's been enough that Twilight has been...reacting more, I think...?

I-It's been slow, but...I think it's been helping, a little bit...

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[polyturtle]

Reacting...

[Huh.]

What do you mean? You've noticed something?

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[strengthinkindness]

W-Well...maybe not reacting exactly, but...something has been weakening Calice's magic...

When Zetta became an alicorn, something happened...like, Calice's magic broke somehow...It took a while for things to go back to normal, but...I-I don't know, it hasn't...felt exactly the same since then...

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[polyturtle]

[He's quiet at this.]

I...

[He's surprised, to say the least.]

Yeah, I mean, I know we turned back to our true selves, but I'll admit I didn't really notice a difference. But you did...?

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[strengthinkindness]

[She hesitates a moment.]

I'm not exactly sure...I-I can't really explain it. Something just feels a bit different...

[Maybe it's because she'd been gone and came back. She's not really sure.]

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[polyturtle]

[Its moments like these where Don wishes he's a little more spiritually sensitive. He seriously couldn't feel any difference.]

I wish I knew what I could tell you. I guess I'm so used to the whole 'oppressive air' thing that...I can't always tell the difference in the air.

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[strengthinkindness]

Mm...I-I don't know. I could be wrong...

[Maybe it was just wishful thinking.]

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[polyturtle]

Hey, you might not be, either. Right?

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[strengthinkindness]

[Glancing at him, she smiles a bit.]

Maybe...

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[polyturtle]

That's the ticket. We could all use some more smiles around here.

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[strengthinkindness]

[She nods.] Right.

We'll have to try and help others smile too...

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[polyturtle]

Yeah.I guess the question is how, given everything's that happened.

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[strengthinkindness]

[She's quiet a moment, trying to think of an answer.]

I think...the only thing we can do is to...to be there for each other...to let others know that, despite everything that's happened...there are still others here for them...