Day 32―
I don't know how Stea
How could he just br
My daughter's leg is
I'm going to kill that mons
Steady Bass is gone.
This morning I was making breakfast. Steady was sleeping in. We're further north. It's colder now. There are so many ashy gray clouds in the sky today. No pegasi are doing the weather. The clouds are getting bigger I think. I wonder how they'll clear
I was making breakfast. It was me and Symphony. We were waiting for him to wake up because we had to get moving soon. I didn't think anything was wrong. More wrong. There's so much wrong. I don't know what to do.
I thought that we needed to get moving and packing up but Steady had to eat. How was he going to walk if he hadn't eaten? I asked Symphony to go wake up Daddy. Why did I ask her? Why didn't I just do it myself? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Why didn't I go wake him up?
I went back to cooking and there was a scream. Symphony screamed. I don't even remember what she screamed, I thought the monsters had found us. I thought I would find Symphony underneath a long pony or a machine open like a flower. But Symphony was crawling in the dirt. Crying and trying to get away from Bass.
Her leg. He'd stomped on it. He'd hit her face. He tried to crush her throat. He was still trying. He was yelling at her. I remember. There was foam coming out of his mouth and he was shouting
She took it she took her name I cant remember her name I need it back she took it she took it and left nopony there's nopony there's nothing she's nothing and I need it back and
so I levitated a rock and hit him across the head as hard as I could. He stumbled back, and suddenly there was blood all in his mane and down the side of his face. He looked at me, like it was really him, and he looked down and saw Symphony. He stared at her like he couldn't believe what he saw. And then he looked at me. I don't think I'll ever forget what he said.
She wants your names, Silk. She wants both your names.
Then he ran away. Gone.
I didn't say anything. I didn't try and stop him. I just picked up Symphony and laid her down on her sleeping bag. I cleaned her cuts and wrapped them. I tried to splint her leg but I don't know how. I think I messed it up.
What do we do? Do we go after him? Symphony is hurt. He didn't take any food. There are monsters. How am I going to carry her and the tent? The tent has their blood on it.
Maybe I'll find other ponies going north. Maybe I can get help from them. Maybe they'll help us get to the Empire.
I don't think I'm going to write in this anymore.
―Silk Stream