It is late in the day, and you find yourself sitting upon a cloud next to Scootaloo.
"So," she says, "I hear this whole execution business got you pretty messed up. Sorry about all that."
" Yes, well," you say, "sometimes these things happen. I'm glad you could hang out today and get my mind off of it."
"Yeah, no worries," she replies, and with that she smiles and it's such a beautiful smile you get lost in it for a moment, before remembering that she is 17 and you are 31 and even though the age of consent in Equestria is 16 you really are in very different places in your life right now and so you probably shouldn't get lost in her smile too much.
You sigh. "Guess I should get back to work in the salt mines then, eh? I've got quotas to meet and a young daughter to feed."
"Yeah," Scootaloo says, "I don't want to keep you from that. You should get back to that. But remember, you did a good thing today. Don't forget that."
"Okay I won't," you say, and with that you spread your wings and dive off of the cloud, into the sunset below, ready to start another night of mining salt. The world isn't always perfect, but it can be beautiful.
~fin~