The rolling grassy fields on the outskirts of Ponyville are a gorgeous sight to see. Utter perfection in nature's splendor. I'd almost think that they keep the grass trimmed – it's so short – if it weren't for little daisies and buttercups dotting the landscape.
I head for a little splotch of red and white on the grass under a tree. A spot with the six coolest equines, and the coolest purple reptile, circled around it. A picnic with my friends. They are the only thing that breaks this expanse of nature's beauty.
Oh, sure, we had nature back home. But it was never this vibrant. Never this grand. And never this pure. What little greenery we had that wasn't carved and crafted by man and machine, beautiful in its own right, was still always somehow spoiled by humankind. A grassy meadow with a power plant off in the distance. A lush forest with an airliner flying above it. A sandy beach with a concrete wave-breaking wall off shore. Here in this field, there's nothing, no sign of civilization… for miles, as far as the eye can see!
"Isn't it beautiful, honey?" I turn and smile at my gorgeous wife. The love of my life.
She smiles warmly at me, and pulls me closer.
Beep.
Suddenly a hoarse, irritated voice answers from behind, "Oh… it's beautiful alright…"
Beep.
I turn and face the source...
Beep.
Tyler. Haggard and unshaven, Tyler. The one young scientist in my employ that might've actually looked up to me. The one who might've actually believed in what we were trying to do. Tyler, who I let down… who I betrayed.
Beep.
"Really beautiful," he growls.
Beep!