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// Addendum:  Wherein the Equalist Mark is Brought Up 
// Story: The Fault In Our Choice of Who To Ask About Cutie Marks 
// by Needling Haystacks 
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	"I guess not," Sweetie Bell said, "Gabby is so nice, she's never want someone else to give up their cutie mark for her."
"Yeah," Applebloom said dejectedly, "I guess this is a dead-end, too."
"Oh, wait," Scootaloo said, "Rainbow Dash said they all got these weird equals sign cutie marks when you... uhhh, when their cutie marks were taken.  Could Gabby get one of those.
"But wouldn't she lose her special talent?" Applebloom asked.
"Well, what is her talent?" Sweeite Bell asked.
"Good question.  But whatever it is, she DID say she'd love whatever cutie mark she got," Scootaloo said.
"Ok crusaders," Applebloom said, "Before we get into this, we should ask, would that even work?"  The trio looked at Starlight hopefully.
Starlight thought about it for a moment.  What would that do?  Gabby was highly energetic... was that her talent?  Would it suppress that?  Moral implications aside, though, there was another potential problem.  Starlight shook her head.  The fillies deflated.
"I never intended the spell to work that way," Starlight said, "I'd have to start over practically from scratch to make a free-standing equalist mark.  It would take a week in the best case, and with my friendship lessons and other duties, and the inevitable false starts, it could take moons."
"Oh, and Gabby's gotta get back to Griffinstone sooner than that," Scootaloo said.
"And it probably still would not work out well," Starlight said, "Do you really want her to lose her special talent?"
"No," the Crusaders said in unison.
"I'm sorry I couldn't help," Starlight said, "But... maybe her lack of a cutie mark isn't really the problem?"