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// Precurser of Thought 
// Story: Beyond Blind Eyes 
// by Lunaric 
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Aqua spoke up, rousing Solid from his thoughts. "Hey, Solid? Can you tell me if there's anyone who's good at some kind of sensing magic or like divination magic in the guard? Like anyone you might have heard about or anything."

Solid blinked slowly and turned to his left. "Sorry, ma'am. What?"

"Do you know of anyone in the guard who knows about divination magic? Think like anyone who's good at figuring out information through spells and stuff."

"Ma'am, you're not supposed to be casting anything until you see the doctor again in two days."

She smirked. "Yeah that's true," She tilted her head towards him yet off to the side. "But who said anything about casting anything? I'm just thinking about it." She leaned back and shrugged. "Stuff that might help and all that. Theory-crafting, if you will."

Solid hummed and shook his head as he began to think of ponies in the guard. No. No. Not her... I don't think he uses magic. I'm pretty certain he just stalks everypony... She... might? "None come to mind, ma'am. I can ask around when I get the chance if you want."

"Darn. Yeah, that'd be nice. Thanks, Solid." Aqua giggled and faced the stallion. "Hey, Solid?"

"Yeah?"

Aqua wore a large grin."You're doing me a Solid."

Solid face-hoofed. "If you're curious enough, you could mail a letter to The Princess. She opens letters of those who couldn't make it to court before every session. She always replies too." Solid smiled. "From what little I've seen, especially so for foals and fillies."

Aqua's eyes perked up as she leaned towards him. "Oh, really? That's..." The filly put a hoof on her chin and looked upwards for a few seconds. "... convenient..."

Solid's eyebrows furrowed. Weird phrasing... He turned to look out from Aqua's corner over the sea of foals. Same as usual... Better than the alternative.

As Solid began to focus on his thoughts, Aqua poked him in the left foreleg. "Oh... Hey, uh... Sorry about teasing you so much yesterday."

The stallion blinked and turned to look at her.

Aqua was tapping her hooves together. "I talked with Cotton last night... Well, she talked to me, really. Anyway, I've been pretty stressed recently and was taking it out on you in a way I'm fairly used to. So yeah... Sorry, Solid..."

The way she's used to..? Solid shook his head and nodded. "It's alright, ma'am. There is nothing to apologize for. It was innocent teasing." Isn't nearly as bad as the other guards do for fun...

The filly nearly stood up. "The thing is-... Uh. Yeah, that's true I guess." Then, Aqua deflated. 

What? Solid focused on the filly. Can you read my mind? A second later. Guess not. Solid wanted to prod Aqua about that response, but he didn't know where to start. So, he stood there in silence... Awkwardly...