Doctor Windhorn rubbed his chin with his hoof. "An external outburst causing this... Who was the one who caused it?
"A Unicorn named Raven Inkwell." Quickly adding, "It wasn't intentional and she didn't mean any harm! I actually asked her to try something out and teach me..." Aqua hung her head before Cotton rubbed her back with the wing.
The doctor mumbled to himself, "Raven inkwell... Hm. Don't know her..."
Aqua continued, "Last time or so when I came here, you did that magic scanning trick on my eyes. I wanted to see if I could learn it considering..." Aqua pointed a hoof at her eyes and raised her eyebrows. "Yeah... It didn't work out, as you can see."
The doctor hummed to himself and started sketching on his clipboard.
Cutting through the awkward silence, Aqua spoke, "So... What do you think we should do?"
Doctor Windhorn looked up briefly, "One moment." He then went back to scribbling on his clipboard for another awkward moment.
Aqua turned up towards Cotton and shrugged her withers.
"Ms Aqua, I would like to test your mana capacity."
"Oh, uh... Alright."
"Great. Are you familiar with the devices used to measure your capacity?"
The filly rubbed the back of her neck. "Uh. Barely? I mean I did it once with that Sky lady..." Turning to Cotton, she continued, "You know everyone I've met here has really memorizable names, I gotta say..."
"I'm sorry. Did you say Sky? As in Shimmering Sky? The Principal of Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns?"
"Uh, yeah? I applied to join the school and she did the examination."
The doctor rubbed his chin. "Hm. Principal Shimmering Sky doesn't examine students individually. I studied there myself and never once met her." Windhorn smiled and put down his clipboard. "She was sort of a living legend. About three ponies in the entire school had met her during my time there. Count yourself lucky, young Aqua..." The doctor's eyes started to fog as he looked off to the side.
"Huh. Weird, but cool..."
Windhorn then shook his head, pulled out a large device, and continued the conversation, "Indeed. As for this machine, I'll give you the instructions again:
Windhorn slowly nodded as he put away the measurer, "I have an idea as to what's happening, but I will need to look into it. Do you think you would be able to come again in a week?"
Cotton looked down at Aqua and stared. Oh, right... Cotton opened her mouth to respond.
Only to be cut off by Aqua, "Uh, I mean I think I'm able to? I'll admit, I don't exactly plan ahead farther than a few days." Aqua faced Cotton. "What about you Cotton; You good?"
"I think I should, yes. I'll be free next Grass Day so this works."
Windhorn continued, "Alright. Same time?" He looked from Cotton to Aqua and back.
Aqua nodded. "Yeah, I'm good with that."
Cotton also nodded. "Mhmm."
With a single clap of his hooves and a sudden smile, Windhorn stood up, nodded, and began to trot out of the hospital room.
Aqua opened her mouth and cocked an eyebrow, "It might just be me, but that was a bit abrupt, wasn't that?"
"Yeah..." Weird...