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// Exuvia 
// Story: Book 1 - The Behemoth came to Canterlot 
// by Equimorto 
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"Huh."
"Huh what?" asked Twilight.
Sunset put her phone back in her pocket. "I got a message from Wallflower asking about the situation."
"Huh," said Twilight. "Will you tell her about it?"
"Will you tell us about it?" asked Rainbow. Both Sunset and Twilight glared at her for that.
"I'll have to think about that," Sunset said, ignoring Rainbow's question. "On one hand, she's historically more involved with magic than the average person, so she kind of has a right to know. And I don't feel good about hiding things from a friend." 
"On the other, she's not particularly involved with this specific case of horseworld magic, and we can't just go around telling everyone who asks every detail," said Twilight.
Sunset nodded. "Exactly."
Rainbow pursed her lips, perplexed. "So how come I can tell Trixie about it no problem?"
"She's somehow more involved in this than she has any right to be," Sunset replied.
"And she's your current girlfriend," added Twilight. "And she's Trixie. Those last two combined mean we couldn't keep her out of this even if we wanted to."
Pinkie silently played with her knife.
"So, hypothetically, would you tell Wallflower about it if she was your girlfriend?" Rainbow asked Sunset, pointing at her.
Sunset blinked at the question. "I guess? She's not, though. Maybe in a different universe."
"Hah!" said Twilight, but her laugh quickly devolved in a nervous one. "Please don't actually postulate the existence of multiple parallel universes with that level of similarity between each other. What we're dealing with is complicated enough already."
Sunset smiled at her. "Don't worry. This is the only version of this universe that exists in this version of the multiverse, as far as I know, and you're my girlfriend in it."
"But could there be a universe where I'm your girlfriend?" asked Rainbow. "Could there be a universe where I'm your girlfriend but also Trixie's girlfriend?"
"About as likely as a universe in which you know how to shut up," Twilight jokingly said. "Which I suppose is as likely as literally any other universe," she felt the need to clarify. "Maybe. It's complicated and I slept too little to subject myself to it."