Snippet from "King Who Would Be Man" · 5:01am Jan 8th, 2014
"I also persuaded your chickens to clean up their own coop. Really those creatures are quite filthy, I don't know how you stand it."
Fluttershy was almost afraid to ask. "How did you get them to clean up their own coop, Discord?"
"Fingers!" he chortled. "Two plus a thumb on each wingtip. Though I'll have to undo it later, it would be a horror if that musician came by here, saw fingers on the chickens and started pestering me about hands. Again."
"Discord…"
"What? She's annoying."
"I'm not worried about Lyra, I'm worried about my chickens."
"Oh! They loved it, Flutters. Chickens are so industrious and detail-oriented. It just never occurred to them before to particularly care about… well, their own detritus. Once I made them see the value to you in cleaning up after themselves, they were more than willing. Why, the little red one was even fired up about the idea of baking you a loaf of bread using her new fingers, but she tried to recruit help from the other animals and sad to say, none of them would help her mill the wheat."
"I do have flour already…"
"Chickens are not very bright, Fluttershy."
