"W-what... is it?" Rarity asked, her eyes narrowed suspiciously at the... thing that walked slowly along the rim of the bath, a too-innocent smile upon its ugly--cute?ugly-cute?--face.
"It's Gergo," Mir answered, her head head leaned back over the edge of the tub, with her long black hair floating out radiantly around her form. Truly, humans and reyvateils had such long manes! She could not imagine having to deal with such a long tail or mane, herself, but the reyvateils seemed to manage fine.
Fluttershy stared at the toy in quiet wonder, the small green creature reminding her of the frogs the sometimes called her cottage home; so interested was the shy pegasus, that she forgot her normal unease at being around the woman who had deliberately (even if she was not entirely unprovoked) taken more lives than any threat in Equestria's past had.
Than a memory came to her of last week: of Pinkie Pie with a cake, and an adorable little bunny (so much like Angel)--it exploded. Pinkie had been thrilled, thinking of the possibilities of combining the two main aspects of a party, cake and entertainment. into one; Fluttershy had been terrified.
She and the rest of the girls had quietly agreed to try to limit the amount of time that Pinkie spent around Mir unsupervised.
"Um..." she began, moving away as the toy walked towards her, its clockwork key turning ominously. "It's... it's not going to explode... is it?" she asked.
Rarity eyed the toy with suspicion and no small amount of horror, as well, now.
"No," Mir answered, not bothering to lift her head.
"Oh, that's good," Fluttershy said, once more watching the toy.
"We could never get that part to work, so we use it as a toy," the pale woman continued, causing both ponies to suddenly feel as if the steaming spa waters had been turned to ice. If they didn't know better (and the fact that he was still frightened by Mir, no matter what he said) they might have suspected Discord to be up to some mischief at their expense.
"I beg your pardon, darling," Rarity asked, staring at the biped female in aghast shock.
"It was supposed to be a bomb--it still even has the explosives in it--but we could never get it to detonate reliably, so we use it as a toy."
There was silence after the statement, and the clockwork sound of Gergo's internal workings sounded all-too ominous to the ponies. Like the drummer's dirge as a pony awaited their final fate, so many centuries back when war and executions had still been practiced in the land of Equestria.
"Let's head to the mud baths, now shall we?" Rarity asked, unable to keep the slight hysterical note from entering into her normally calm tone. Fluttershy nodded her head rapidly, moving to exit the tub and be away from the walking toy as quickly as she could.
Neither saw Mir's lips curl upwards slightly for a moment, before she went to follow them.
Grabbing the Gergo toy as she did.