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// Looking Back Part 3 
// Story: Know your Mare 
// by overlord-flinx 
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So is this just a thing we're all doing now?

Huh?

I caught Queeny fishing through these boxes yesterday. And now here you are, pawing through them, too.

...I got no paws, Sun--

You know what I mean. Hoofing. You're hoofing through things.

Isn't hoofing about running?

...So why are you going through them?

Sunset...?

Yeah?

Are you happy we're here?

In this room? No. It's dark in here and it smells like wet dog... Probably because of the wet dogs we keep caged over there.

No-no. I mean--we should tell someone about those dogs, but--here... The show.

The show... Hm...

I joined a long time ago because I had to fill out a report for school. But, even after I finished it and turned it in... I was back here the next day.

You got a taste for picking on people?

No... I just... I didn't want it to end. It was fun for me; for Cap'n, even for Queeny. But she'd never admit that. We laughed on and off stage every day. It was great.

Even on bad days?

Oh, we laughed harder then. Ponies would hiss and boo at us, but we'd just start laughing... Because they showed up anyway. Because we decided to run the show that day. It was... Fun.

...Are you happy we're here?

I... I just wish things could be the way they were. I wish we didn't have to be so far away from each other all the time... I wish we could go back.

But you aren't unhappy, are you?

No... I'm not... I'm glad.

Yeah... Me too, kid... I'm glad I got to know you, buddy.