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The life of a pet can always vary. For Tank, he was fated to outlive his master. Now with master gone, he tries to make sense of it, the way only a tortoise can.

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I'll edit it soon, I promise! :raritydespair:

Really? Really!

It seems so...:facehoof:

Huh. Not bad at all.

~Skeeter The Lurker

This story, Bob. It... It's just... It's...

This may have been the shortest, most heartbreaking story I've read.

man... poor tank, now he's all alone again. :fluttercry:

Damn... that's really deep...

Featured in T-minus 5...

Poor Tank. Another sad masterpiece by Bob.

The burden of an immortal species is the destiny to never have a peaceful death. What pity it must be to know that barring some cataclysm, Tank will never see his master again.

Another masterpiece. A sad one... :fluttershbad::fluttercry:

Wasnt the minimal word content to be a candidate for feature were 2k words? if so it saddens me this will not get featured, sad, touching and short, I admire and envy your skills RainbowBob

Screw feels nigga, I hate feels.

Damn RainbowBob, hit me right in the feels why don't you.
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2992747 OH!, then in a little while it shall be featured for sure

I feel like my soul got ripped out and torn into pieces by rabid dogs...

WELL DONE SIR WELL DONE

Well now for my daily dosage of feels :fluttercry:
Great story

YES THANK GOD IT'S NOT AN ALICORN FIC *glomps Bob* THANK YOU FOR BEING ORIGINAL

Edit: Oh... jesus... I-... merp...

D'aaaaaaawwwwww... poor Tank. :raritycry:

God damn it... :fluttercry:

Beautiful, but so very sad

So short, and it totally worked, nonetheless. Great work, RainbowBob!

This fanfic is very sad. :fluttercry:
Good story though.:pinkiesad2:

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Agreed, poor Tank, would there be any other pony/person to take care of him? Maybe Spike? I don't know, but I do know that noble tortose would never forget his master. And moreover, that this fic hit me in the feels like the Sun Princess fic...I wonder if that'll be a new trend in fics? If so, I'm looking forward to another somewhere down the line.

That said, T-Minus...1

Right in the feels.

Wow...
That was...
Sad...
I have no soul...

That was actually really depressing.

What about the rest of the Mane Six? :rainbowhuh:

I'm pretty sure my soul just died. Twice.

THE FEELS!!! WHY GOD WHY!?
Now that that is taken care of, well done! I really enjoyed it.....short, sweet, and sad as hell.

Comment posted by SPARTAN-117 deleted Aug 6th, 2013

3001705 That second picture of the kitten is absolutely terrifying. Also, you have my condolations.

This was beautiful.

The narration was simple but well written at the same time. I liked that Tank referred to Rainbow Dash as 'master.' No gender, no capitalization - because these things just don't matter when it comes to the love a pet has for their owner.

I liked these lines;

'He’d hardly have time to catch up, but master was kind enough to slow down,'

'Master would wait, and he would follow. A process both never got too impatient to bear,'

'Which meant that he would be forgotten,'

'Even master didn’t want him at first. That crushed him more than anything, so much so that he was sure his shell would break in half'

and

'He cried out to master in the dirt, and even tried to dig at it. But his stumps for feet never picked up enough earth to get to master. They were separated. No goodbyes, pats on the head, or even warm smiles. Just... gone.'

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Aww, why thank you for that nice comment. Really appreciate it, and hopefully I can make another story that you enjoy. :twilightsmile:

By the way, awesome avatar. :pinkiehappy:

Never thought I would shed a single tear for a story about a Tortoise. But you sir have done it, I bow before your glory.

Hi there. I hope you don't mind, but I liked this fic so much I have put together an audio version on YouTube.

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Oh god, that was beautiful. Like seriously, you did an excellent job. The music, your voice, the extra part with the pictures. You captured the feel of my story better than I ever could have managed. And for that, I thank you immensely. Which is why I made a blog post to hopefully get you more recognition for your works. I'll be sure to check your stories out and other fanfic readings. :twilightsmile:

well played RainbowBob, you've made a sad fic. :raritycry:

Man I really felt the feels in this story.:fluttershysad:

:raritycry: That was beautiful!:raritydespair::fluttercry:

I applaud you, for being able to write one of the very few stories that can make me cry :fluttercry:

Holy crap, that was deep! Listened to the Reading, which made it feel like the mood was enhanced even further. Kinda regretting right now I ignored this thing for so long.

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That reading actually brought me here. Thanks for that :).

And of course, thanks for an awesome story. I don't know how you did it, but I think you perfectly captured the perspective of a tortoise. Excellent job!

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