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// Sonata Dusk 
// Story: The Last Dreams of Pony Island 
// by horizon 
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Sonata Dusk

[How…]

[How could he?]

[How could he do this to me?]

[All I did was tell him I wanted more time!  
Like, he makes me laugh 
and loves my crappy singing 
and his tongue is so warm 
and smells of spiced tea, 
but he's a unicorn, 
he can't even breathe underwater!
How was I supposed to say yes
just like that?]

[He said he'd hire out on a line-ship
and earn big money as a trader
and buy his own little island
and we could share a lagoon,
but, like, that's a lot to think about,
you know?
And I've never thought too fast.
I needed some time!]

[But I came back two days later
to say yes
and he wasn't there
and he sicced the guards on me!]

[How could he?
Is that really how ponies are,
all smiles while they get their way,
then murder you the instant you hesitate?]

[The spear's barbs still scream
above my left pectoral fin,
near where I bit through the shaft
when the pegasi tried
to pull me to shore.
I dodged their nets and dove,
trailing the thick brine of blood
and the thin brine of tears,
and now I hide in the grotto
beneath Myinnkyun Point
until the wound closes
and the sharks swim away.]

[I'd better go see Adagio.
She warned me about ponies.
She's so smart,
she'll know what to do.]