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// Patience and wisdom. 
// Story: And I quote! 
// by Karrakaz 
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Author: Karrakaz
Quotation: "Patience is the companion of wisdom." ~ Saint Augustine

Celestia heard the hoof-falls outside her room and knew that her little sister Luna was frustrated once again. 

"Tia!" the midnight blue alicorn shouted as she bounded into the room, scowling, and headed straight for the bed where her sister was reading scrolls.

"Tia, I can't do it, I'll never be able to catch up with everything that's happened the last millennium and even if I did I'll never be able to remember all of it! I just can't!" the younger alicorn flopped down on the bed next to her sister and pouted.

Celestia silently rolled up the last of the scrolls she'd been reading and gently floated them to the scroll case with her magic before turning to her little sister and embracing her, using both her forelegs as well as her wings in an alicorns version of a hug.

Luna leaned into her sister and hugged her back fiercely, she had felt incredibly frustrated, but her big sister always seemed to know what to say or do to make her feel better.

Sometimes she felt like she was going to cry out of sheer frustration, why did everything have to be so difficult? Reading up on centuries of history, culture and sciences was an enormous task in and of itself. 
But Celestia had asked her to 'sit in' on some of the court sessions as well, which while relaxing because she didn't have to do anything other than look regal, were very tedious.

She often wondered how her big sister could do it all without breaking down or burning herself out.
"How do you do it Tia?" she asked, face still buried in her sister's embrace.

Celestia slowly released her sister from the hug and smiled at her.
"I practice patience Luna."

"Patience?" the younger alicorn looked astounded and confused. "How does practicing patience help?"

"Patience, Luna, is the companion of wisdom." the elder sister said, "and because I have had a thousand years to practice I have become rather good at both."

She gently nuzzled her younger sibling and got up from the bed and made her way to the door of her room.

Looking back she said : "What I mean to say is: take it slow, the past won't go anywhere and we have more than an eternity."

Luna finally smiled as well. "I'll try big sister."
She looked unsure for a moment. "But if i mess up you'll help me right?"

Celestia smiled her gentle smile. "Always little sister, always"
"But honestly?" she added with a chuckle "making mistakes is the best way to learn."
She stopped when she reached the doors. "come on now, we need to look regal for our little ponies once again."
The midnight blue alicorn got up and bounded after her sister, smiling as much now, as she had been scowling before.