Diary of the Night

by CalebH

War of Shadows - Chapter 121

Ebonfeather. Celestia tells me that is his name and wonders how I could dissuade his anger without knowing his name. His name does not matter, only that he knows mine.

Celestia does not approve. It is a quarrel older than Equestria and I find myself interrupting her to ask if she really wants to pursue an argument we know neither will win. With a begrudging chuckle she relents saying there is little use after Ebonfeather has found confirmation of my claims in the library.

She has never lied, nor has she allowed history to lie; she claims that our mistakes are recorded alongside everypony else’s. They are hidden in metaphor and song but they are there for those with eyes to see them.

I wonder of her student, Twilight. In her short time she has studied nearly every book in the library. She is intelligent and talented, but is she wise; does she have eyes to see Celestia’s mistakes and my own?
-L

Author's Note:

So I've been (trying at) playing that new "The Forest" game. I think I would like it alot better if my computer was fast enough and I didn't have such bad luck with spawns.

Comments

[BenRG]

I think that Twilight is naive, loyal and a bit too trusting. If she's able to interpret the record of the Sisters' mistakes properly, I think she would go to a lot of effort to justify them or excuse them.

[Gyro Pony]

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I reckon you're spot on there!
Being intelligent as she is, she would see / deduce their histories from the texts.
Then after initial disbelief, start finding ways to justify.

[StormyVenture]

She is intelligent and talented, but is she wise; does she have eyes to see Celestia’s mistakes and my own?

I don't think that needs a semicolon the first half is a question, despite it's somewhat rhetorical nature and the second part doesn't rely on the first. Is there anything that Luna did that she actually considers a mistake. It's not clear which things she considers mistakes and which she does not. In fact she seemed a little too happy to rub past defeats in the griffin's (gryphon?) face.