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Twilight Sparkle: ...So ever since I woke
up, I've just had this weird sense of vertigo

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and déjà vu. Like something isn't totally
right.

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Applejack: Well, I dunno what to tell ya,
darlin'. I'm not a doctor. In fact, the only

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thing I'm an expert in is apples. So unless
your problem is related to apple farmin',

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I can't really provide much insight.

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Twilight Sparkle: I didn't come to you for
your expertise. I would go to a book for that.

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Actually, I'd go to a book for apple farming
while we're at it. I came to you because I

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get the feeling that maybe you're the most
levelheaded pony I've met around here. And

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I figured if anyone could sense a deviation
from the norm, it might be you.

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Applejack: Now, I'm pretty sure I heard an
insult in there. Was any of that supposed

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to be a compliment? Because... 'Cause it sounded
like maybe...

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Twilight Sparkle: There was—

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Applejack: ...probably most it was just insults
really.

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Twilight Sparkle: A little of both, I guess.
I mean to say you're boring as hell but reliably

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boring, so that's good.

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Applejack: Oh, well, if it's good, then you're
reliably a bitch. Great job. But I haven't

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noticed none of the stuff you're tellin' me
about, Twilight. Okay?

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Twilight Sparkle: I find it funny that the
element of honesty gets snippy with me for

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being honest.

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Applejack: Oh, don't you pull that on me.
There is honesty and then there is frankness

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to the point of absurdity—

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Twilight Sparkle: It doesn't matter! Just
look around your farm. Does it seem... I dunno,

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I... I dunno how to describe it.

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Applejack: Looks the same as it always has
to me.

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Spike: [belch] Ugh. It's like heartburn every
time. Twilight, I've got a letter.

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Twilight Sparkle: Here. Give it to me. Okay.
Dah-dah-dah-dah-dah... Oh, right. The Gala.

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I hate the Gala. And of course tickets. Two
of them. Like I've got anybody to invite or

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something. God, I'm lonely.

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Applejack: Wait. The Great Galloping Gala?

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Twilight Sparkle: No, it's "Grand Galloping
Gala", you backwards mudhorse.

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Applejack: It says right there on the ticket
"Great".

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Twilight Sparkle: Oh. ...Huh.

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Applejack: See? You bonehead.

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Twilight Sparkle: Don't call me a bonehead.

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Applejack: Are these fightin' words? Or are
they terms of endearment? Choose carefully,

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darlin', because one option gets a horseshoe
embedded in your teeth.

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Twilight Sparkle: I have the magical power
to kill you, resurrect your corpse, then kill

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you again. Don't threaten me with violence.

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Applejack: Okay. Uh, let's back up and try
again. I am expressin' displeasure with the

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tone of your discourse.

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Twilight Sparkle: I am connected like you
would not believe, and if you challenge me,

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there will cease to be an Applejack!

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Applejack: Darlin', seriously?

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Twilight Sparkle: Yes!

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Applejack: [scoffs] Okay. Fat lot of good
it'll do ya.

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[beat]

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Twilight Sparkle: So... do you want a ticket
to the Gala?

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[crash]

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Rainbow Dash: [pained groans]

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Applejack: Good heavens, darlin'! That sounded
painful! Y'all alright?

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Twilight Sparkle: What is wrong with you?

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Rainbow Dash: Oh, what went wrong? Uh, well,
I was practicing flying and then I got disoriented

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and then there was the ground. So what is
wrong is I clearly need to practice harder.

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Twilight Sparkle: Have you ever thought about
getting a non-stupid hobby?

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Rainbow Dash: I don't have time for hobbies.
I gotta train for the Wonderbolts. I keep

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applying and they keep rejecting me, but if
I keep doing it, sooner or later they're gonna

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let me in.

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Twilight Sparkle: They require a college degree.

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Rainbow Dash: [sharp inhale] Well... that...
n-not if you're really good.

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Twilight Sparkle: No, Dash, it's a program
for military officers, so you... Look, do

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you guys want Gala tickets?

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Applejack: Wait. You're just givin' them to
us?

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Twilight Sparkle: I don't need them. I'm the
princess's protégé and my brother is the

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captain of the royal guard. I may as well
be castle staff.

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Applejack: Well, I'll be darned, Twilight.
That's sweet of y'all. Well, you know, for

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practical reasons, I bet I could set up a
food stall and make a huge bundle sellin'

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some of our apple dishes.

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Twilight Sparkle: You're... You're gonna bring
a food stall? N-No, look... catering is included

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with the ticket. Food is provided.

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Applejack: Yeah, well, that may be, but I'll
betcha those sheltered high-class ponies ain't

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never had any real down-home country cookin'.

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Twilight Sparkle: AJ, the catering is rated
with three Messara stars. You're planning

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to compete with world-class chefs with street
vending. I'm feeling sympathetically embarrassed

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just imagining it. Don't.

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Applejack: Twi, nobody gets ahead by not takin'
any risks. You gotta put yourself out there.

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Twilight Sparkle: There is a limit to that
kind of conventional wisdom.

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Rainbow Dash: I don't think I really want
a ticket.

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Twilight Sparkle: Why? Dash, you're just being
arbitrary.

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Rainbow Dash: It sounds all boring and posh.

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Twilight Sparkle: I just said the food is
rated with three Messara stars. You will never

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get a chance to eat food like that again in
your life. You will not be able to afford

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it.

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Rainbow Dash: But you're just giving both
tickets away. If it's so great, how come you're

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giving away both tickets?

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Twilight Sparkle: Do you want me to give it
to Rarity? She... She probably knows what

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they're for.

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Rainbow Dash: No-no-no! No-no. I-If Rarity
wants them, I want them too.

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Twilight Sparkle: [sigh] Y-You're just gonna
set them on your desk and forget you have

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them, aren't you? The Wonderbolts are gonna
be there. You know that, right?

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Rainbow Dash: Oh, no way! Oh, you should've
said!

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Twilight Sparkle: They're the cream of the
Cloudsdale military. Formerly anyway. Look,

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I've had too much stupid for one day. Are
you guys happy? You're not gonna throw those

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away or use them for drink coasters, are you?

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Applejack: No, no. I mean... it's a ways out
and I gotta check my schedule. You know how

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it is. It's like opportunity costs and what-have-ya.

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Rainbow Dash: Are you sure the Wonderbolts
are gonna be there? How come you just give

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away tickets to the Wonderbolts?

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Twilight Sparkle: Those tickets are worth
thousands of bits. Both you guys, it's a royal

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event. Look it up. And don't forget – you
need to dress nice. Really nice. Not business

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casual. I mean you guys should pretend to
be filthy rich.

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Applejack: Oh. Well, that's gonna be a problem
on account of I ain't filthy rich.

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Rainbow Dash: I don't really own a dress.
I don't even know what size I wear. Hey, what

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if we sell the tickets 'cause they're worth
thousands of bits and then use the money to

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buy a really nice dress?

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Twilight Sparkle: Because that's stupid and
circular and, on top of everything else, scalping

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those tickets is a felony. Don't lose them.
Just... I dunno, rent something. And if you

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change your minds, for God's sake, tell me.
Don't throw the tickets away.

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Applejack: Alright. Have it your way. I'll
think about it and I'll let you know. See

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ya later, darlin'.

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Rainbow Dash: This is very suspicious.