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// Interlude α: A Dreamy Morning in a Nightmare 
// Story: A Huragok in Equestria 
// by Zoura3025 
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As I awake and blink my eyes open, I realize I’m still in the odd place I fell asleep in. I wish it was a dream; not that I dream often, but I wish this was one of the few times I had. There’s an unusual weight over me… Oh, it’s a blanket. I carefully remove the blanket and fold it before opening the door and leaving the room. I’d like to find the pink one again; she is very nice.

As I float down the stairs, I see the pink one and two other frantic equines running around the door, dealing with… Wow. A lot of customers. I shrink a bit and sink to the floor slightly. I’m not scared of passerby, nor getting looks, but I do not want to interrupt something.

As I silently watch through the crack in the door, I’m struck by how alike these ponies are to humans and the Covenant. That is to say: Dumb, but in varied and often practical ways. For example, the pink one is dumb and loud and a bit scary, but she is very nice and forgiving. The cream one was dumbly quiet and underconfident, but did her best to understand me even when she couldn’t. The orange one was very, very dumb, but her assertiveness and self-confidence put me at ease.

When combined, they compliment each other, and their dumbness brings them together. I don’t understand why intelligent beings see dumb as an insult; if there were no dumbness in the world, things would never break, and my kind would never need to exist. Thus, I am grateful that dumbness exists, and hope it continues to exist. However, I do hope this “Twilight” they want to show me to is a bit smarter than the others. I would like to not have to point to or charade everything like a stupid creature. Brrr… That is an insult.