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// Jaywalking 
// Story: Double Solitary 
// by Casketbase77 
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Cozy Glow flew until the sun began to rise. She lighted down in a wide open prairie, with not a creature in sight in any direction. She breathed deep. In and out. And then she took a step.

One pace.

She took another step.

Two paces.

Prairie grass swished in the breeze. Clouds rolled unhurriedly overhead. Cozy counted her twelfth pace. The maximum that her old cell allowed. With relish, she took a thirteenth step.

There were no more walls for Cozy Glow. Only the horizon in all directions. Cozy trotted forward, no longer counting her steps. She knew she'd never have to count them again.

Despite her newfound freedom, Cozy's thoughts drifted back to Luster Dawn. Both of the strange purple mouth disease and of Luster's cryptic quest to get close to her. Were the two related? Why did Cozy still care? She was done with Equestria, after all. Done with other ponies and their constant obsessions over magic. The world was hers now, and Cozy could go anywhere she wanted. 

Maybe she'd fly to Farasia. Find a Zebra tribe who'd believe a tall tale that she was a half-stone demigoddess. Maybe she'd go to Mount Aris and mingle with the carefree Kirin. Oh golly, were Kirin even still around? Cozy had so very much to explore and rediscover.

She tore a mouthful of prairie grass, savoring a taste that was different from penitentiary bran biscuits. Almost in afterthought, she pulled a tuft of grass from her mouth, examining a strand of saliva. 

Clear. Like that of any nonspellcaster.

Satisfied, Cozy stuffed the tuft back in her mouth and swallowed. It was the best meal she eaten in ten years.

"Good luck with those crystals, Luster Dawn.” Cozy’s mutterings were impish and contented. "...friend."

That last word had come out of her mouth unbidden. It made Cozy bite her lip and peer around, but of course there was nonpony to hear her.

"Friend," she repeated. Simply because she could.

With a fresh few wingbeats, Cozy was gone again.