‘This is wrong,’ said Twilight, after a moment, ‘I shouldn’t be here.’
Smith swallowed, looked down at her hooves. ‘Yes, you should. Now tell me what you really mean.’
‘I know the future,’ said Twilight. ‘I didn’t hear about any of this.’
Smith pursed her lips. ‘And that surprises you.’
‘Well...no. But...’ She took a breath, gathered her thoughts. ‘You have foals. Grandfoals. I’m friends with one of them! And none of this is...’
‘Not seein grandfoals in our future, Twilight?’
She gave a Look. Deflated. ‘I just...I don’t want to mess up the future.’
Smith turned away. ‘So leave.’
and of course Twilight would be anxious about such a thing and argh i can't think too hard about what is coming later in the story or i'll begin to cry again like last time.
and just the bite of ‘Not seein grandfoals in our future, Twilight?’. so much i could say about this