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// 4. 
// Story: Fifteen Friendships 
// by AShadowOfCygnus 
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High-born and low-born, academic and provincial, head-in-the-clouds and hooves-on-the-ground; to most eyes in town, they were such polar opposites that the very thought of them interacting in any meaningful way was inconceivable. But for all the difference in their upbringing, they laughed at the same jokes, read the same books, saw the world through the equally sardonic eyes. They were aware of it, frank about it, laughed when somepony tried to make a point of it, and went about their business. It was just that simple.