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// horizon's Critical Review (Georg's "Jumping the Game Shark") 
// Story: Never the Final Word (Vol. 2) 
// by FanOfMostEverything 
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"You're 'checking out endgame content for review purposes'?" Celestia repeated.

Twilight nodded, her smile growing wider, a bead of sweat trickling down her face.

"... Endgame content."

"How will ponies know what awesome high-level perks to aspire to if somepony hasn't evaluated all the options?" Twilight said.

"For review purposes," Celestia said, arching an eyebrow.

"Friendship letters."

Celestia stared.

Twilight smiled harder.

Celestia held her dubious expression for a moment longer, then burst out giggling.  "Oh my gosh. That is an amazing excuse. I'm impressed."

Twilight blinked.

"I may have to borrow it for when ponies start asking how I got to level 100."

Twilight opened and closed her mouth. She tried to push words through. "You didn't grind?" was all that came out.

"Oh stars no. Luna was the one doing all the sidequests for 100% completion. I wouldn't have even been able to finish the Level 6 Diamond Dog Dungeon raids if she hadn't given me all the ultra-rare loot she picked up. While she was grinding, I just faffed around and learned how to break physics to climb unclimbable mountains." Celestia gestured around.  "Which is why the capital's way up here."

"... Okay," Twilight said. "So, um, how did you get to level 100?"

"Confidentially? Up, up, down, down —"

"Okay. Wrong question. Why."

Celestia shrugged. "Luna got bored and enabled PVP."