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[letteropener]

Date: July 29
Posted by: Inti

Good day, everypony! I have a question for you all: when those ayakashi that looked like fireflies came out of the opening near the viewing, at one point there was a giant sword hovering above the scene.

Does anypony know what that was about?

Comments

[letteropener]

The firefly viewing -- where it turned out many of the fireflies were, in fact, ayakashi.

[Celestia's wing still tremble with the remembered pain.]

[blizzardrock]

[So, after everyone discovered that the fireflies were... Well, he now has an inkling of how he could have missed it, at least.]

How could you tell how much power it has? [Now he's just curious.]

[letteropener]

I am very experienced in such things, along with a certain amount of natural talent. I can use magic myself, you see.

[blizzardrock]

What kind of magic?

[But probably more importantly—] Do you think it was dangerous?

[letteropener]

Unicorn magic is very diverse, and I am honestly very good at most of it.

The sword was very dangerous, but in the way a knife is. A knife is sharp and you can potentially cut yourself, but that does not make it bad. Potential and result are not the same. I sensed nothing at all malicious about it, and much with the potential to be good.

[blizzardrock]

[Something about the latter comment resonates with him, though in which direction, he's...not sure. The strict facts about the sword is a good thing, though.]

That's a relief.

[...] So what about unicorn magic lets you sense things from a sword? [Because Fubuki asks only the serious questions in life]

[letteropener]

Well, think of it like your skin. You can deliberately touch things to understand texture, temperature, hardness, and so forth -- but you can also sense those things when something presses up against you, even if you weren't deliberately trying to find out.

[blizzardrock]

So it's like a second skin...

[fubuki please don't type while you're thinking things out]

Oh, sorry. As you can probably tell, I don't know anything about the sword. Maybe it was like an aurora?

[letteropener]

It was real and physical, no illusion. Unless you meant in some other way?

[blizzardrock]

Something that happens naturally sometimes.

[It probably wouldn't be that weird in that case, but he's a shinki; he can't remember lots of things!]

Something...rarer than an actual aurora is, and undocumented?

[Because that's totally a thing that happens.] The world can be kind of strange sometimes...

[letteropener]

In the form of a sword? I admit this is a strange place with very incredible happenings at every turn, but that seems unlikely even by those standards.

[blizzardrock]

Is it really that strange?

[What is he imagining it looks like? Who knows.]

You're probably right. [Since he didn't even see it and all.]

[letteropener]

I think it is strange. It certainly wouldn't be something I'd expect to see even in very unusual circumstance.

[blizzardrock]

Not a natural phenomenon, then! Sorry, that was the only thing I could of.

[letteropener]

Oh, don't apologize! The only way we learn is by questioning what we see and trying to understand it.

[blizzardrock]

[For a second, he has no idea what the first sentence refers to, until he looks back at what he wrote.]

That's nice of you! But I'm used to it. [He's a shinki, after all; better sooner than after blight.]

But are you investigating, or just curious?

[letteropener]

Both. Given the nature and power of that manifestation, I am not comfortable failing to understand it... but I would be curious even if I was!

[blizzardrock]

Could it really be considered failing if there's no information, though? [~Wise words~ from a kid who was prone to sleeping in class while he was in school...]

You keep an eye on these kinds of things?

[letteropener]

There is information. Just not enough. But I don't mean the term prejudicially.

Large and potentially dangerous threats are something I have to be aware of in the course of my duties, so it's not something I can easily put aside here.

[blizzardrock]

Haha, I wasn't being serious. [He inserts a cheerful emoji, too.]

That's some dedication! I guess I can understand that, though. It's hard to let go of things from home, right?

[letteropener]

More than just that, it is part of my nature. I cannot imagine not being this way and still being myself.

[blizzardrock]

Oh, that's a good way of looking at it.

But...people change, you know? I don't think anyone would want to find out they weren't a good person before they arrived here.

[letteropener]

Well, that is more of a worry for a shinki than a god, I think.

[blizzardrock]

That's true. Guess I was thinking of something else.

Well, I can't say I've known anyone who worried about that, either.

But anyway, good luck!

[letteropener]

Thank you for your kind wishes. I appreciate it, and I hope you have good luck in your endeavors too.