3.14 AM
It is a funny thing.
I know that the problem was solved, but I don't feel that it was solved in a sort of way that could be really construed as a solution.
I know they say that Celestia works in mysterious ways, but I'm fairly sure I'd remember if I had anything to do with this one.
The guards took the apples with gracious appreciation this morning.
Maybe I don't pay them enough, but they are really happy now. Smiles all around, a look of deep contentment and eyes glazed over in the satisfaction of having a delicious apple from the desert.
I don't think I've ever seen the guards this agreeable in a long time, in fact. They seemed to become drunk in revelry the second they started to eat the apples, almost as if the apples had some kind of magical effect upon them.
Just goes to show you that a small gift goes a long way!
Hmm...