"He's beautiful," Cream Heart says, holding her newborn colt. "My little Button Mash."
"Yes indeed, and he seems to be in perfect health," Nurse Redheart says warmly.
Cream Heart's nose twitches as she picks up an unexpected smell. It's sweet and pleasant, like flowers in a candy shop. She notices it's coming from her baby colt, specifically his breath.
"That's odd," she says, prompting the nurse to turn her attention toward the mother. "Does their breath always smell sweet like this?"
"Oh yes, every newborn foal smells nice. Surprisingly, pretty much everything that comes out of them does. Not so surprisingly, it goes away as they get older," the nurse explains.
Cream Heart's lips form a warm smile under her tired eyes.
"So," she says, "in a sense, innocence is inner scents."