"You'd be more useful if you were a rug beneath my hooves." Seconds passed. "If it meant you would step all over me? I would gladly transform into a carpet." A groan. "Shut it, jerk." And then Starlight and Spike went off to rule the world.
Twilight is desperate for loveāand that desperation dooms her chances for it. Taken to a bar on an other-worldly night, her failure of flirting runs her into Spike. Gone for months yet a regular here. She requests his help in finding love.