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// Logic? 
// Story: Rough Landing: A Desert Geek's Experience of Equestria 
// by DrZed 
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A nebulous cloud of dark blue magic enwraps my hand and pulls it away brusquely, "What are you doing to my sister!?"

"Ow! hey, I wasn't hurting her if that's what you were thinking!"

Celestia sighs and raises her head, her horn illuminating, my hand suddenly feeling like it's holding a live electric wire as her magic competes with and overpowers Luna's, releasing control of my hand back to me, "He and I were having a nice conversation over tea, Sister. I highly recommend you let him treat you to an ear rub." She says this with a soft smile.

I blink, and start laughing loud and hard, having come to a realization,

This of course derails all the ponies lines of thought as they stare at me like I just went off the deep end...

Rainbow Dash swoops over to within a foot of my face and glares at me, "What's so funny?"

I gasp for a moment or two, "Well.... Ahem! There are two possibilities here. "

Rainbow crosses her hooves, "And those are..."

After a moment I continue, "The first one that appears to be the popular vote is that I forced Celestia into this somehow unwillingly, while managing to avoid being blasted to ash. I'd have to deduce by that line of thought that the group thinks either I'm much more powerful than I let on, or you lack the confidence in your Solar Princess to the point that you think she can't defend herself."

I think I heard a pane of glass break as the looks of shock around the room tell me this might be accurate. Rainbow is so stunned that she forgets to flap her wings and ends up landing in my lap. 

I gently put an arm around Dash and start using my magic fingers on her ears, which makes her go from struggling to limp with a suddenly peaceful smile on her muzzle within a few seconds.

"The second one is that Celestia is enjoying my company and that the gorgeous Princess of the Sun can do whatever pleases her. " I give the princess a wink,  this lights a fire under Celestia's cheeks, the calm smile transitioning to a grin.

I stop scratching Rainbow's ears and release her, "Aww why'd you stop?" She whines.

I chuckle, "I rest my case. I'd no sooner be able to overpower Celestia than I would be able to raise the sun on my own." I go back to gently scratching Dash's ears. "However I am finding that few ponies can resist a good ear scratch."

Blissful Dashie is almost as cute as Embarrassed Pinkie. 

"As I told Rarity when I first meet her, I am a friend to all ponies, both Great... and Awesome." I lightly trace a fingertip around one of Dash's ears as I say the "A" word.

Dash's muzzle flushes pink as well.

Luna steps forward with a pensive look, "I do believe I owe you an apology, Ced."

I shrug with a grin, "Don't worry about it." I end Dash's exquisite ear torment, and help set her back on her hooves. "Celestia? weren't you going to make an announcement?"

Celestia recovers and nods, "I will have to file the paperwork with the Royal Society, but as it's only representative, Cedric here is now the official Human ambassador to Equestria, with all the rights and priviledges therein.."

I raise a fist into the air in triumph. "Yay, I got a Job!"