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Actually, if I had not seen this comment, that reference might have slipped by me as well. (It's been a while since I've read the works of Douglas Adams.) But I do think the reference was very appropriate. The limbo realm has laws of physics contrary to those of the physical world, so I can imagine magic working much like the Infinite Improbability Drive. (I've always thought that would be an extremely cool way to travel. Straight lines are so boring.)

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We both know what you think of 'straight'.

When I first started reading your stories here I thought they would be tidy little romances with some scenes of intimacy and that would be that. While there's nothing wrong with a simple short story, I've been very pleased to discover that these are more complex than that. As I've said before, interesting fiction most often needs some adversities for the protagonists to overcome, and this installment definitely provided that.

I very much like the depiction of Zecora in this story. I think the backstory you've written for her, though tragic, is very befitting of the character. If the show ever gives us more information about Zecora or her people, I sincerely doubt that it will be this well written. I especially like the description of her spirit guide and the glimpse of Equestria's far distant past, which strangely enough fits in with my own half-humorous theories which I describe in my Planet of the Ponies blog on the wiki. I also like the idea that there are magics other than what the ponies know, that their world has a mystical and spiritual aspect that they don't fully understand and can't control with a simple shake of a unicorn horn.

But most of all in this installment I am impressed by the overall message, which is that love has no limits. For at least a millennium the majority of society has adhered to the practice of monogamous pairings due to religious and moral edicts likely born from an instinct to prevent genetic mutations caused by matings within the same bloodline. This has gone on for so long that we've forgotten that love is more than just biology and can be more complex than two people. Many even consider individuals having more than one mate simultaneously to be abnormal, immoral and illegal. But the truth of the matter is that it is indeed possible for a person to love more than one other person simultaneously and equally. Granted, when one or more member of such a complex relationship is not equally emotionally invested with all the other members jealousy can create conflicts, but that human failing may be a different topic for a different time. The fact remains that love can be experienced on a larger scale, and I thought that message was delivered skillfully in this volume. Very well done.

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Thanks again for you kind words of my poor work. As for the Planet of the Ponies idea. When I get to finishing Love’s Étude For Heartstrings; Opus One, it will put forth my theory on what Equestria really is....

As Stan Lee says: Stay tuned true believers!