"Do you ever think back to it? To those days?"
Bon Bon didn't turn to look at the other, she just kept staring at the broken down wall on the other side of the road, still eating her ice-cream like it wasn't the middle of winter. She didn't need to be told what they were talking about, it was clear to both of them. It brought the same image to mind. "Sometimes I do. Sometimes I dream about it. Sometimes they're happy dreams, sometimes they're not. Sometimes I'm sad when I wake up."
"You should come inside. It's cold out here. We have a fireplace, it'll warm you up."
Bon Bon didn't acknowledge that, and still didn't turn. She gave her cone another lick, and a thought occurred to her. "Do you know why I like eating ice-cream in the winter?" she asked.
The other looked at her curiously. "I don't, actually. You're not the only one I've seen doing it, but the usual answer I get is that it's because it tastes good. Is yours different?"
"Because it doesn't melt." Bon Bon didn't turn still, but it was evident from behind too that she was smiling. "That makes it easier to eat. I don't have to worry about that. I'm not a unicorn, I can't just keep it all together with magic, so it's actually quite useful for me to have it hold together on its own. And, yes, it's good too."
"That never occurred to me." The other sat down. If they weren't leaving soon might as well get comfortable. "What flavour are you having?"
"Lemon," Bon Bon said. "I like lemon as a flavour for sweet things. Because lemon usually isn't sweet, you see, so it's a nice contrast. A nice change of pace from what you'd expect. And I find it very refreshing."
"It's a little cold to need something refreshing, don't you think?"
Bon Bon shrugged. She sat silently eating her ice-cream for a bit. Then she spoke again, like she'd been deep in thought and still partly was. "I have been thinking back to those days. And those days weren't the best, but I still look back to them fondly. Because I had things that made me happy back then, even if things weren't always well, even if sometimes things were really bad. So I've been thinking of something. I've been thinking that even when things aren't going well, I should focus on what good is there. Because if good things I had can make me happy about a time when things were really bad around me, they should do the same for the present too. And I don't want to squander the good I have now."
The other was quiet, just watching as Bon Bon silently finished her lemon ice-cream, then ate the cone.
"I've thought of something else too," the mare added. "Winter is a terrible time to cry outside. I think I'll take your offer after all. Will we have pudding?"