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// Coda 
// Story: From The Heart 
// by archonix 
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"Do you think they're coming back?"

"Does it matter?"

"I had plans."

"We all had plans."

"Well I guess it's just you and me."

"Yep."

"We should figure something out."

"We should."

"We could play O and O."

"We'd need a board."

"And dice, yeah."

"We're all out of dice."

"Drawing straws?"

"Gave the last lot away yesterday."

"Hey, have you ever thought about making out with yourself?"

"I kissed Cadey's lipstick on a mirror once. Does that count?"

"Guys!" 

Twilight slammed a hoof against her machines, eliciting a squeal of protest and a shower of sparks. She glared at the two Shinings; they returned her gaze with twinned, mirrored smirks.

"You're messing up my baseline," she protested. "Cut it out!"

Shining Armor tilted his head. "She seems tense."

"She does." Prince Armor looked at his counterpart and shrugged.  "You like movies about gladiators?"

"Stop!"

"Have you ever been in a Abyssinian prison?"

"That's not in my Idiom."

"I'm in Tartarus," Twilight muttered. "I'm in Tartarus, and Celestia is laughing at me."

"Have you ever seen a grown pony naked?"