"Angry?"
"Not particularly, but a little bit. Kind of."
"Why?"
"You know why."
Starshine took on an annoyed frown. "Of course I know why, but that's not the point. The point is having a discussion about it so you can sort through your feelings and come to an emotional resolution."
"I'm not really sure about this whole deal of making my internal monologues into external dialogue." Sunburst looked up from the book he was reading, and stuck out his hoof to grab a mug of not too hot tea from out of thin air.
"Hey. Whatever works works, no?"
Sunburst sipped on his tea, until he noticed the writing on the mug through the reflection in the mirror. "Did you have to?" he asked, looking at Starshine.
The pegasus snickered. "Well, you are a great dad, how else should I let you know?"
Sunburst sighed, and finished his tea. "Do you think your own ability to influence outcomes of my powers is a consequence of your progressive reification?"
"Probably, but that's not what we're supposed to be discussing right now," Starshine said.
Sunburst set the mug down next to the line of other mugs he'd accumulated at the foot of the bed. "Yeah. Okay, let's actually go through this properly."
Starshine smiled and sat down next to Sunburst. "Why are you angry?"
"Twilight is hiding something. Much like she hid things going into this. Also, she's partially responsible for this mess."
"And why aren't you that angry, all things considered?" Starshine continued.
"It wasn't really her fault things turned out the way they did," Sunburst said. "It would be like blaming Starlight for how Chrysalis refused to change her ways after being defeated. The Charioteer is ultimately the one responsible for his actions, and Twilight's presence being part of the reason for them doesn't exempt him from his responsibilities, since he's a thinking being with free will and not a natural phenomenon."
Starshine nodded. "Go on. What else?"
"Twilight means well," continued Sunburst, "and she had a point about hiding information in advance, nothing useful would have come if it had leaked. She has a point about hiding some things to her citizens too, depending on how she approaches it and if the Charioteer is as unlikely to cause trouble as she said, which I trust he is. Given all that, her hiding things from me is probably justified in a similar way."
"But as a friend, you're still bothered by being kept in the dark about something," said Starshine.
Sunburst nodded. "But still as her friend, I trust that she is only trying to do what she thinks is best for Equestria and all of us. As her subject, I acknowledge that Equestrian rulers have a successful history of obtaining the best results by tweaking the information available, as questionable as that is. And as both, I believe she is more than capable of making the best possible choice given the circumstances, and certainly better suited for her role than I would be."
Starshine patted him on the back. "See? That wasn't so hard."