>>25469429>Twilight stays silent again."One thing I've learned, is that war, war never changes. You got tension, you got conflict, you get injuries, death, destruction, possibly some experimental weapons or some kind of deal in the mix, but it's always the same."
>"B-but c-can't you just be FRIENDS, instead of, of, ATTACKING everypony?">You laugh."That's really naive thinking back home. The quickest solution is usually the most potent one, and violence seems to be the only answer people understand. Some pony comes up and punches you in the face, what do you do?"
>She pauses.>"I-I'd ask why they're so upset, and try to solve both our differences...">You shake your head."You punch someone, you're most likely going to get beat up. Badly. Or, worst case scenario, the guy shoots you and calls it self defense."
>"H...how-""Seven billion people, Twilight. I mean, only from what I've seen in movies and stuff, things were a lot less tense when there were less people, but I'm sure it all only focused on the good side of the whole thing."
>"W-what's on the bad side?""The better question is, what ISN'T on the bad side? Anything and everything you could ever imagine, has probably already been done before, somewhere, sometime."
>She loses herself in thought for a moment.>She shudders.>Aryanne, meanwhile, narrows her eyes and puts a hoof on her muzzle, staring at a pillow.>It's like she doesn't even acknowledge your existence.>"H-how do you live? H-how do you just, not care about these things?">You shrug."Things that don't hit close to home I don't really care about. Everybody's looking out for themselves, whether they want to admit it or not. Most people wouldn't take a stab wound for a total stranger unless they were somehow able to benefit from it."
>She flips to another page in her book and continues slowly writing.>She looks ready to cry.>"Can... can we move to a happy moment in your planet's history?""...Happy?"
Tis it for today, sorry for a short update!
