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// Entry 158: Equestria 
// Story: Samudra's Journal 
// by vren55 
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I… diary, I… I don’t exactly know how to describe this.

For years, I always considered Aquestria the greatest nation in the history of this world, with the greatest population, the greatest industry and the most sophisticated culture. After all, they are my people.

Yet, well, the last time I visited Equestria, I was focused on just meeting Celestia’s impersonator, Alternia, to see if the kelpies were attacking Equestria. Now, I was attempting to ascertain the fact without having to meet her.

Equestria… has changed. It’s incredibly urban. Towns and cities have sprung up along the coast and rivers. Flattened sections of earth… roads, act like the currents, hastening  travel between parts of the kingdom. 

And from what I can tell, from the activities I have observed this Alternia overseeing, all of this, because of this... Changeling imposter.

But this alarms me, not because of the changeling… no, Celestia will have enjoyed looking on this.

I am alarmed because Equestria’s population has grown so much that even if the kelpies snatched one or two ponies, nobody would notice. Or… few enough would notice. Aquestria has learnt to be wary, but not Equestria.

So, I arranged a meeting with Alternia, and warned her about the kelpie threat in vague terms. I cannot reveal their full nature, but I can put her on guard. 

She accepted my claims at face value, but it seems she is a bit distracted, apparently there are stirrings of troubles with the griffons from across the ocean. These matters are inconsequential to me, but I can understand why she’d be concerned.

Still, I now have a good idea as to how the kelpies might subsist without drawing our attention. It does mean, though, that they’d have groups operating near the coastlines. We will have to redouble our efforts to search there.