Twilight arrived slightly late to class the next day, with a hatless Winesap in tow.
"All right, class, I-yes, Swarvoski?"
Swarvoski stammered, "I-I...uhm, wh-who's th-that, Miss T-T-Twilight?"
"I was just getting ready to introduce her, Swarvoski. This is my new assistant. Could you introduce yourself?"
Winesap smiled and nodded.
Of her own will, Winesap had agreed to assist Twilight with her work after determining that the amount of work she was doing alone was causing her a lot of stress. She had switched from farmer mode to business mode, something she did once in a while when she felt the need to be more serious.
As the daughter of an Apple and an Orange, Winesap had a mixed city and country upbringing. As a result, she was able, with a little forward notice, to drop her country accent and mannerisms in favor of a more normal tone of voice and a more secretarial or teacher-like demeanor.
"Good morning, foals. My name is Winesap."
Sweetie Belle lifted her head up slightly. "Winesap? Applebloom's cousin?"
"Yes, I am."
"But....where's your-"
"That's not important, Sweetie," Winesap said.
"That's right. I have a special assignment for you all."
"What is it?" Dinky asked, seemingly eager to please.
"I want you all to think of one emotion that best describes your disability. When you're done, just put your head down. When we're all done, we'll all take turns sharing."
"What's the point of-"
"Shhh. You'll find out. Just do it."
Slowly, the assembled students began putting their heads down, starting with Sweetie Belle and ending with Swarvoski.
"All right, heads up, everypony."
The students slowly put their heads up.
"Sweetie Belle, why don't you start?"
"....Above anything, Fear."
"Hmm. Not unexpected. Swarvoski?"
"U-um...H-Helplessness."
"Really? Interesting. Aurora?"
Aurora was blind. "Um...Confusion, I guess."
"Makes sense. Starfall?"
Starfall had polio and couldn't walk. "Hmm...Frustration."
"Really? That makes sense, though."
She went around the room, ending on Dinky.
"And what about you, Dinky?"
"...Rage. Anger. Fury. That kind of thing."
"Again, not unexpected. All right, Winesap, why don't you-"
"Tell them what that was about? Certainly. This was an exercise in self-recognition. Basically, acknowledging that which makes you weaker. Now that you know what emotion you associate your disability with, you know what you must overcome to get stronger."
Comprehension dawned on most of the assembled faces.
"Oh, I get it! That's what emotion we need to avoid when casting magic to avoid the Sombra Effect!" Diamond Dust, a half-blind, half-deaf unicorn with a serious heart condition, said.
"Precisely, Diamond Dust. Precisely."