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// Preening (Pinkiedash) (Noodleverse) 
// Story: Rabbit Tracks 
// by Krickis 
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“You know, you could take care of your own feathers,” Rainbow said, not for the first time.

Pinkie just smiled innocently. “I know, I’m such a scatterbrain sometimes. I don’t know what I’d do without you.”

“Hmph.” Rainbow smoothed out a particularly unruly feather before answering. “I wonder about that all the time.”

Turning to face Rainbow, Pinkie tapped a talon against her beak. “Hmm, well, you’d probably starve to death for one thing.”

Rainbow lifted her head and frowned. “I meant what you’d do without me.”

Pinkie cocked her head to the side. “Aww, you don’t ever wonder how you’d get by without me?”

The feathers on Rainbow’s chest puffed up. “Just… go back to laying down so I can hurry up and finish this!”

Pinkie giggled. “Right. Sorry, Dashie.”

But as Rainbow resumed her work, it was clear she was enjoying herself almost as much as Pinkie was. Really, when it came down to it, they both knew that Pinkie was never going to start preening her own feathers.