Chapter 4: Running of the leaves
Edited and revised by kalash93. Thanks for everything, pal!
Chapter 4: Running of the leaves
I said farewell to my last client, Colgate. “Call me again if you need another drawing.”
The blue unicorn replied back, “Thanks, I will!” Her blue and white toothpaste mane bounced, following the rhythm of her hooves clashing against the ground and with her face plastered with a big smile as a reward for another job well done. She had the greatest teeth I had ever seen in my life; very appropriate for somepony called Colgate.
It’s been a month since I had been commissioned by Rainbow Dash, and word had quickly spread all over the town, allowing me to keep focused on my drawings. In the worst case scenario, I would work on something else, but fortunately that wouldn’t be necessary for now.
I’ve been suffering from an excess of mucus in my lungs, forcing me to cough every moment to try and clean my lungs, but they didn’t seem to come to an end. I already suffered from this a few times during my life, but this time it didn’t seem like it was going to disappear soon. The extra money helped me to buy medication, although I was always afraid that I would run out of money, and be unable to buy more. My thoughts were quickly interrupted by a familiar scream coming from the heavens.
“Look out below!” Before I could even react, a grey and yellow-colored blur crashed onto the floor, leaving a small hole on the surface. The pegasus pony quickly stood up, doing a military salute. “Derpy Hooves at your service, sir.”
The first time this had happened, I didn’t know how I should react, but after the tenth time, it became routine.
“Hello, Derpy.” That’s when I noticed she was carrying a mailbag. “What are you doing here? You already delivered my mail this morning.”
Her unsteady eyes floated around her face, trying to focus on me. “I did? Well, anyway, I got a note for you. I was asked to bring you this because she was too busy to do it herself.”
I was consumed by curiosity. “Too busy? Doing what?” Before she could reply, I coughed as hard as I could, blocking my mouth with my right hoof. “Sorry”.
“Don’t worry.” Derpy ‘stared’ at me. “I don’t know. She asked me to tell you this and to meet her at Rusty Gear on twelfth street right away.“
I made a mental note. “Rusty Gear... twelth street. Got it. Thanks for telling me, Derpy.”
“Always at your service! And now, if you excuse me, I have another delivery for this afternoon.” Without another word, she flew away into the distance.
She didn’t have a break between working as a mailmare and making deliveries, but at least she was happy to find a job where they didn’t mistreat her because of her clumsiness. She told me once that in Cloudsdale everypony made fun of her problem, but that stopped as soon as she moved to Ponyville in search of a new job. They should rename this town “The only place where you can fit in no matter who you are".”
I tried to look presentable for meeting my new client, so I got my saddlebags and packed my drawing tools before I paid her a visit. I had spent some time earlier learning the name of the streets to make the navigation easier and avoid being late for my appointments. To my surprise, my destination was a garage I had never noticed before, even though I had walked by countless times.
The place was like the rest of the buildings in this town, but instead of a small, wooden door, there was a giant metallic blind which when lifted, allowed everypony to take a look inside. The entire place was covered by a thick layer of dust, and the walls had been decorated with countless tools and some posters and calendars. But what brought my attention was a giant deflated balloon with its basket lying in the left corner of the garage.
That’s when I noticed a green pair of legs protruding out from underneath a damaged carriage. I approached the carriage with caution to avoid scaring their owner and provoking an incident. "Excuse me. Derpy delivered a message for me asking that I come here. Did you send that?"
The hind legs sticking out from under the carriage dragged themselves out, followed by the rest of the body, revealing a unicorn mare. The bright yellow lines of the suit combined with the blue fabric clashed horribly with her green coat and emerald eyes. A yellow hard hat placed around rested atop her head, and her gray mane was tied up in a ponytail, which I found more amusing than I should have.
“That’s me. I’m glad to see that Derpy delivered her message quickly. I was afraid she would deliver it to the wrong pony or forget about the whole thing.” She offered me a hoof. “My name is Mechanic Wrench, but you can call me Mecha. Pleased to meet you.”
My muscle memory combined with my survival instincts kicked in, blocking her offering hoof for a split second. I quickly realized my mistake and offered my hoof to her. “Sorry, it’s a nervous habit. I’m Brownie. So, you require my services as an artist, if I’m not mistaken.”
She quickly nodded. “You got that right. I found one of your flyers on my door, and Pinkie Pie assured me that you’re a great artist. I wanted to repair this hot air balloon that will be used to host the Running Of The Leaves, and I was asked to add some decorations for the event.”
That name sounded very familiar to me. “The Running Of The Leaves? Oh, wait, I think I know it. Is that one where ponies race through the forest to make all the leaves fall off the trees?” She raised an eyebrow so high that it almost reached the ceiling.
“That sounded like you don’t know too much about the festival.” And she hits the bullseye. “Well, I come from Hollow Shades, and we don’t celebrate it because of an incident where the entire village was buried under tons of leaves. I’m surprised it didn’t happen sooner, because the entire village is surrounded by a forest of trees, some of which are as tall as Manehattan’s skyscrapers.”
The green pony tapped her chin with her hoof, reflecting about everything I just told her. “I see, given that it's a village surrounded by a giant forest. That’s interesting. But let’s get back to business! I didn’t call you here to tell me your life's story. The reason I called you is that I want your help to make some designs for the festival. I know it’s not what you specified in your flyers, but I’ll pay you well for this job.”
I didn’t waste a single second to reply. “Well, I can’t stop my career at making portraits of ponies, so I’ll gladly accept this job. It’s nice to have a challenge from time to time.”
Her eyes quickly lit up, as if a switch had activated inside her head. “Thank you, thank you! I was very worried that I wouldn’t be able to make it in time! I've never failed a client before, and if that had happened, then my reputation would be tarnished!”
I was a bit surprised by her sudden euphoria. “Alright… Can we get back to work?”
“Yeah, let’s keep focused on what really matters. We have to get this job finished, and the deadline is in a week. All I need are some designs for my client so she can take a look and choose one. Then I will work with the one that gets chosen.”
After we finished our negotiations, I paid a visit to Twilight’s library to find a book about this festival and gather some inspiration to help me with the designs. I stopped coming to the library about two weeks ago, when Twilight was crowned as a princess and moved to Canterlot until she finished learning her new duties. All I knew was that Spike had been appointed as the new librarian and that he was having some trouble.
As I opened the door, I quickly noticed how much this place had changed since she had left. Mountains of books were scattered all over the library, papers scattered all over the floor, and Spike working hard at keeping everything tidy, but to no avail. I coughed a few times to make Spike notice my presence, stopping him in his tracks.
“Wait a moment, please. I’m trying to clean up this mess.” He replied, collecting all the papers he could handle before stacking them on the table in the center of the room. I tried to help him by picking up a few pages.
“You’re having problems running this place by yourself, I see.”
“No shit, Sherclop.” A very appropriate reply from a baby dragon working in a library.
“I assume you wanted to borrow a book?”
“You guessed right. I wanted to borrow any books that talk about the Running Of The Leaves.”
“Running Of The Leaves? I remember that we had a book about Ponyville’s festivals. It could come in handy for you. Just let me see if I can find it.” Spike rummaged through the shelves and the books stacked up all over the room, trying to find the one book I needed.
I started a new conversation with him. “So, how are the rest of the girls? I suppose that this must have been a very hard hit for them, after spending so much time together.”
He hesitated as if he didn’t know what to say. “Well, at first they handled everything well, but they’re clearly sad about her departure. They don't say anything, but it's becoming more obvious every day that passes. Rainbow Dash stopped taking naps and focuses more on weather patrol. Rarity uses more gems for her dresses. Applejack works twice as hard at the farm. Pinkie Pie doesn’t stop throwing parties and Fluttershy spends more time with her animals.”
“So they’re basically trying to fill the gap left by Twilight with something else that can keep them busy.” I couldn’t help but feel sorry for them. After they went through so many obstacles and countless adventures, they were suddenly separated from their friend, who had helped them realize their true destinies. “I wish I could do something to help them… ”
“We all do, pal. We all do… Dammit, where did I leave that stupid book?”
My lungs were again drowning in the seas of mucus, yet my efforts to get rid of them didn’t work. Looking at my surroundings, I could see the bottom shelves devoid of books, now scattered all over the library, piled on top of each other like skyscrapers. Suddenly, a realization struck me. “Spike, why is the library so messed up?”
The little dragon suddenly froze like a statue. “Well, that’s because I’ve been busy trying to rearrange everything. It's not easy to do this by yourself.”
“Don’t take me for a fool, Spike. The only books out of their shelves are the ones of the bottom. Or to be more precise, the ones you can reach easily, so it wasn’t very hard to realize that something was wrong with you. Twilight is always obsessed with order, and that would mean that you had to help her to rearrange everything.” I walked towards one of the stack of books and looked at the titles printed on their spine, noticing that all of them had been arranged alphabetically. “Old habits are hard to break, don’t you think? All you do is take out the books, stack them and then place them back inside of their respective shelves to keep yourself busy.”
Spike started shaking as tears covered his face. “I miss her so much… I wanted to go with her, but she said that someone should take care of the library while she’s absent, and that she would come back soon, but…”
I placed my hoof on his shoulder, trying to comfort him. “I know how that feels, Spike. It’s hard to endure the pain, but you can overcome it. The girls are suffering, too, and they need your help.”
Spike looked straight into my eyes, unsure of what he should do. “Me? But… what can I do?”
Look at me. I only wanted to borrow a book, and instead ended up trying to help a baby dragon and his friends. “First of all, clean up this mess, and then we’ll go and find the girls.”
He wiped off the tears with his claw. “Alright… But why are you helping us? I mean, we barely talked to each other, and you barely talked with them. You don’t really need to help us.”
That was a good question. Why was I doing this? This wasn’t my problem, and I barely knew them. But something pushed me to help them; to make something right. I already had an answer. “Because I know how it feels to lose a friend.”
It took us a few hours and travelling all over the town to reunite everypony in the library, ready to start a “friendship” session. I didn’t want to reunite the girls using lies, so we simply told them to come to the library. The girls were obviously curious as to why we called them to the library, but none of them dared to speak a word until Pinkie Pie broke the silence. “Hey, look, it’s Brownie!” She quickly crushed me in one of her special bear hugs. “Did you get called here too?”
I tried to speak, but words failed to exit through my mouth until Applejack intervened. “Pinkie, ya’re choking the poor guy. Release him!”
“Opps, sorry.” She quickly dropped me to the floor, allowing my lungs to refill with fresh air.
Rarity was the first to complain. “Why did you even call me? I was working on a new line of dresses for an important client.”
Rainbow Dash quickly joined the conversation. “Yeah, and it better be important. I was going to practice my aerobatics!”
The only ones who still remained silent were Fluttershy, trying to hide behind Rainbow Dash and Spike, who was afraid of opening his mouth. That left me alone to talk with them.
“I’m sorry for disturbing your routines, but we called you here because I think that you need help dealing with Twilight’s absence.” This was quickly met with complaints and accusations of being a liar from some of the girls, but Applejack stepped forward to my defense, as befitting of the element of honesty.
Applejack struggled to talk, to find the correct words. “Ya’re right, we need help dealing with this, but I didn’t know what to do. Ah admit it, I tried to focus more on the farm to avoid thinking about Twilight, but that didn’t change anything. In fact, ah only managed to feel even worse than before.” They looked at each other, realizing the truth they had tried to bury under their hard work.
The next one to step forwards was Rainbow Dash, representing the element of loyalty. “Look at yourselves! We should have been sticking together, but instead, all we did was distance ourselves from each other. I know that our friend is missing, but she will come back!” She pointed her hoof menacingly at them. “Do you want her to come back, only to find that we aren’t talking to each other anymore? That without Twilight we can’t even be friends anymore? Well, I won’t let that happen! So tell me, what are you going to do?”
Pinkie Pie quickly erupted, “We’re going to throw a party!”
Rarity quickly stopped the hyperactive pink pony from using her party cannon – which she wasn’t carrying before, and as of now, I don’t even know where she keeps it. “Darling, this isn’t time for parties. What we must do is stay together and show Twilight how strong our friendship is, even without her.”
Fluttershy finally stopped hiding behind Rarity and stood up at her side. “I agree. We shouldn’t hide from each other. Instead, we should stay even closer.”
I couldn’t help but exclaim, “That’s the spirit! Those are the heroes I know! The ones that always work together to solve their problems!” Their attention then shifted towards me, making me feel uneasy. I wasn’t accustomed to being the center of attention, especially for a group of beautiful mares. “Sorry, I didn’t want to interrupt you.”
Rarity was the first to break the silence. “Interrupt? Why do you say that? You helped us to strengthen our bonds.” I felt a hoof resting on my shoulders, and to my surprise, it belonged to Rainbow Dash.
“Yeah, if it hadn’t been for you, this situation could have been worse. You handled this situation like a real professional. Are you sure your talent isn’t to solve friendship problems?” No, thanks. I’m happy enough to be an artist.
“I don’t think so, but I must admit that I’m curious. How would that cutie mark look like?”
Rarity joined the conversation. “I don’t know, but I’m sure that it would be fabulous.”
Pinkie Pie suddenly exclaimed. “Hey, you know what this calls for?” Please not a party, please not a party… “A very big group hug!” Wait, what? CRUNCH! I was suddenly enveloped in a hug by everypony, Spike included, in the biggest group hug of my life. Alright, the only group hug of my life. Back in Hollow Shades I had some friends, but this was the first time I felt so integrated in a group, and to top it off, I was surrounded by mares. If this wasn’t a dream, then I had just hit the jackpot.
After the reunion, the girls decided to help Spike with the library and to hang out more often instead of isolating themselves in their jobs. Feeling great after reuniting them again, I went back home to focus on my last job. I couldn’t believe that I helped them solve their friendship problems. A part of me felt great for helping them, but on the other side, I felt like I was replacing Twilight’s place while she was away. My coughing quickly dissipated such thoughts, escalating beyond my control and forcing me to regain my breath before resuming my travel.
I spent the next two days working on some designs for Mecha to place the hot air balloon that would represent the spirit of the festival. I grabbed my finished designs and headed straight to her garage. When I arrived, I found her talking with Pinkie Pie, which seemed a bit strange for me, but since this pink pony was friends with the entire town, it didn’t come as very unusual. I tried to break the ice. “Hello, girls. I hope I’m not interrupting anything important.”
Mecha replied first. “Oh, don’t worry. She wanted to see if I repaired her balloon in time for the Running Of The Leaves.” Wait, that thing belongs to Pinkie Pie? Who the buck allowed this crazy pony to own a balloon in the first place?
The hyperactive pony quickly joined the new conversation. “Do you like it? I can’t wait to fly through the skies and announce the race!“ And she’s the announcer, too?
“Oh, yeah, before I forget, I brought you the designs for the balloon. Tell me what you think.” I took out my designs and intended to give them to Mecha, but they were intercepted by Pinkie Pie, who didn’t give them more than a simple glance before choosing one and showing it to Mecha. So much for my work…
“I want this one! This one! Oooh- oooh! I want this one!
A jade glow enveloped the sheet of paper floating in front of the green unicorn. “Alright then, I’ll start working with this design. I’ll finish in time for the Running Of The leaves.” Her attention focused in to a small drawer, from which she extracted a small bag filled with bits and passed them to me. “Here’s your payment for helping me with this order.” A smile quickly stretched over her mouth. “Thanks for your help. I’ll call you again if I need something else.”
“No problem. I’ll come back if you ever require my services again.” Before I could leave the garage, Pinkie Pie blocked my way, standing between me and the exit.
“Aren’t you going to participate in the race? You’ll have lots of fun!”
“Sorry, Pinkie. That’s not my plan… I suck when it comes to running and I don’t like to always end up in last place. After the millionth time, it just gets boring.”
“Wow! You participated in more races than Rainbow Dash?” Yeah, I wish… “But you don’t have to worry about that. It’s just a race to have fun, although they only give medals for the three fastest ponies, but they’re not important! So, what do you say?”
I was probably going to regret this, but I consented to run. If there was a race, Rainbow Dash would probably be there, and I always wanted to see the fastest pegasus of all Equestria in action. I arrived at the starting line very early, getting a sticker with the number nine on my jeans, and since I always considered it to be my lucky number, I had a small hope that I could finish this race. Or at least not drop dead.
Pinkie Pie’s voice boomed from the sky so loudly that she almost burst my eardrums. “Hello, everypony, and welcome to the last competition of the Running of the Leaves! But don’t worry, by last we mean that it’s the latest race, not that it’s going to stop being celebrated!”
I looked for the source of her voice and I found her inside the basket of the hot air balloon that was floating in the sky. What really caught my attention was the new design of the balloon, now resembling a floating tree with a giant crown full of leaves. From all the designs I made, why did she chose this one? Well, as long as I got paid for the job, I didn’t really care what they did with my work.
At her side was Spike, or at least one I thought was Spike, since the only thing I could see was some kind of eggplant sticking out from the basket holding a microphone. “I think they understood it, Pinkie," Spike moaned. Then he composed himself and announced cheerfully, "The race is about to start, so we ask all racers to wait at the starting line so we can begin the Running of the Leaves.”
I followed the group to the start line as I tried to find Rainbow Dash, but to no avail. It looked like the entire town was participating, so I was unable to find her distinctive color palette in the crowd. In the end, I resolved to have fun and avoid being the last one, but that would prove to be impossible unless one of the participants was a turtle. Or a snail. Or a creature fusing a turtle and a snail.
A part of me wanted to leave the race and go back home and forget about this stupid thing before I made a fool of myself, but the other part wanted me to stay here and run, to do my best and show Rainbow Dash what I was made of.
Before I knew it, both commentators were already finishing the countdown to start the race. “Three… Two… One… START!”
The participants quickly launched themselves so rapidly that I only saw them as a multicolor blur that outdistanced me in a matter of seconds. I had only just started the race and I was already losing. I galloped as fast as I could to reach them, but it took me only a few minutes running at full speed to find myself alone in the middle of the forest as I caught my breath. My legs were aching, my lungs burned, my heart raced so fast that it threatened to escape from my chest, and to top it off, I was coughing harder than before. I was starting to regret even joining this stupid race. A familiar voice called me from behind.
“Saving your strength to beat them on the final stretch?”
I turned around to talk face to face with Rainbow Dash. “No. I just got tired from running at full speed.”
“So soon? I know that I’m too fast, but I thought that a normal pony would be able to last longer.”
“Yeah, but I’m too lazy. I should have trained every day instead of reading so many comics and listening to music.”
Rainbow Dash quickly caught up with me, standing on my right side. “Well, I always spend my free time training. I can lend you a hoof if you want.”
I wasn’t sure if I got lucky or just buried myself deeper. “I hope it’s not training from hell or something like that.”
“Oh, don’t worry. I’ll just make you race around the town a thousand times or so. After that, you’ll become a great runner. Or maybe die from exhaustion, who knows?” It could have been a joke, but knowing this mare, she could have been telling the truth all along.
Suddenly, Applejack ran past our position as if a hive of bees were pursuing her. “I’ll be waiting for ya two at the finish line!”
“Hey, that’s not fair! Get back here!” Without any hesitation, Rainbow Dash quickly launched herself after Applejack, leaving me in the dust.
I tried to join them, galloping as fast as I could, but they were faster and had more stamina than me, quickly disappearing in a matter of seconds. I tried my best to maintain a good pace and catch them again, but the forest didn’t seem like it had an exit.
As I repeated my routine of running and walking to regain my strength, I managed to advance pass other runners who were too tired to continue the race.
“Well, it seems that for once I won’t be the last one to finish a race,” I thought to myself. “I bet Rainbow Dash already crossed the line hours ago.” And because the universe loves to prove me wrong, I found Rainbow Dash and Applejack resting under one of the trees, panting and sweating from overexertion. Guess that even the fastest pegasus in Equestria needs to regain her strength too. I couldn’t resist but have some laughs at their expense. “What are you doing here? Waiting until the finish line comes to you?”
Rainbow Dash quickly delivered a reply. “Yeah, laugh while you can. Just wait until I can get up and I’ll kick your plot all the way to the finish line.”
Applejack responded, “Don’t worry, pardner. We’ll overtake you in a few minutes, so ya’d better run while ya can.”
I didn’t enter this race to win against Rainbow Dash, but this opportunity was one in a million, so I took it. I did a final sprint to gain some advantage over them, lasting for a few minutes before I had to stop. I never tried to run so hard before and it was starting to take its toll on my body. As I moved forward, I found more ponies who were trying to continue, even though they could barely run.
“So that’s what Rainbow Dash was talking about before. They used up all their strength and stamina, while I took some stops to continue.” If only I had known this trick before, I wouldn’t have finished last so often.
Finally, after Celestia knows how much time since I started this race, I could see the end of the forest, and with it, the finish line. The multitude of ponies waiting there told me that I wasn’t running for the first place, but at least I wouldn’t be in last place for once. As I got closer, the sound of a stampede clashing against the ground started to sound louder and louder. Glancing back, I found myself being pursued by Rainbow Dash and Applejack trying to outrun each other with such ferocity that they looked capable enough of destroying anything standing in their path, including me!
Scared by such sight, I commanded my legs to give me one last burst and win the race, or at least avoid being run down by those two. My body started to complain, telling me to stop and let them run past me, but I didn’t listen. I never felt so alive- so great, and I wasn’t going to stop it now! The line was getting closer, but so were Rainbow Dash and Applejack, eventually reaching my position before leaving me behind. Upon reaching the finish line, I fell to the ground after subjecting my body to such punishment. I couldn’t feel my legs, my lungs stopped working, and my brain shut down as darkness surrounded me; I was trapped in my own broken shell, unable to move. I shouldn’t have joined this race in the first place.
A voice screamed from beyond the darkness. “Brownie? Are you alright? Brownie! Say something!” My cheek suddenly felt warm, and I opened my eyes. I was surrounded by a lot of ponies, with Rainbow Dash pressing her hoof against my face. “He opened his eyes! Brownie, say something! Speak to me!”
“I… What the hell happened?” I replied, slowly standing up on my four legs. “The last thing I remember was crossing the line and then I fell to the ground.”
Applejack appeared at my side. “That’s exactly what happened, sugarcube. As soon as ya crossed, ya dropped to the ground. For a moment there, it looked like you'd just died, and everypony rushed to your aid.”
I felt awful for making such a scene in the middle of the festival. “I… I’m sorry. I’m not used to running for so long, and I forced myself to keep up even though I was already at my limit.” Where’s the closest hole to bury myself, please?
Rainbow Dash tried to cheer me up. “Hey, why the long face? You just got knocked out. There’s nothing to regret. Besides, you ended up in the ninth place, just like your banner.”
“Really? Well, at least something good happened. I’d call it a balanced day.”
“Yeah, more or less. I’ll accompany you back home, just in case you have another blackout. After what happened, you should take a very long rest.”
“Thanks. You’re a great friend.”
“Well, duh. I’m the element of Loyalty, after all. I would never leave a friend behind.” The way back home seemed to drag on indefinitely because of the pain my legs were suffering. I could walk, although very slowly, and if it hadn’t been for Rainbow Dash, it would have been a very unpleasant experience. She helped me during the entire walk, supporting me with my right hoof resting on her shoulder so I could walk better. This was probably the closest I could get to her and I enjoyed every second of it, although I tried to hide my happiness in case she thought it was just an excuse to get feel her up.
As soon as we reached my house, I let go of her, as I wanted to do the final stretch to my bed by myself. “Thanks for your help. I don’t think I could have gotten here before it got dark.”
“It’s been a pleasure, but next time, don’t push yourself so hard. You still have to attend my training from hell.” I couldn’t help but chuckle at that comment.
“Don’t worry, I will attend it, but when I feel better. I’m going to take a very long nap, so wake me in about a year or so.”
“Alright then. I’ll see you later.” She hugged me very tightly before flying back into the sky.
As I dropped into my bed, I couldn’t stop thinking about how it felt to be so close to her, the warmth of her hoof on my check, the hug she gave me… I would probably have dreams about her for months, but at the same time I was worried that she would discover the truth about why I blacked out after I finished the race. Fortunately, she had believed the excuse about my laziness, but I won’t be able to hide it forever. My thoughts quickly vanished into thin air as soon I fell asleep, the darkness surrounding me.
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Sweet. So... Brownie has random fainting spells or what? I might have missed somethimg because its ohmygod o'clock, and I'm too tired to even breath...
Just kidding... But I Iook forward to seeing how twilight being gone and brownie filling the void will turn out.
2222026 I won't tell you evrything because that's spoiler, but I can tell you that's not the work of a fainting spell nor something like that.
ummm. i know im like, really late into this story, but what happened to twilght? did i miss somthing last chapter?
2222043 I know what it is! It's a disease that causes excess mucus to build up in the lung cavities, it makes it really hard to breath sometimes and you can black out if you overexert yourself. It can be treated by either medication or a special type of massage that helps clear the all the excess mucus.
See biology is good for something
2324922 FINALLY! SOMEONE WHO KNOWS BIOLOGY!