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// Page 10 - Enter Derpy 
// Story: Celestial Bodies 
// by Shadowbane 
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		Choosing the post office, you turned right and pushed the double-doors open, stepping inside.  The outside of the building was like a big and yellow unbalanced tower of houses, complete with chimneys, but the inside was much different.  The room you set foot in was small, but cozy.  There were sets of chairs along the marble walls and above the tiled floors, and there was also a big rounded desk in the corner to your right with stacks of mail all over it and a set of stairs at the other corner.  You heard rustling, immediately knowing that there must be a mail-pony somewhere nearby.  Suddenly, the tip of some blonde hair appeared over the stack of letters on the desk to the right, then disappeared just as quickly.  Feeling curious now, you strode towards the desk until you heard a voice - kind of female, but also a little too low-pitched, as if maybe her vocal chords were damaged or something, "Hello, Pony Express at your service, sir or ma'am.."  Hearing the voice, you had to strain yourself not to laugh.  Instead, you answered seemingly calm, "Hello, mailmare," as you stepped in front of the desk.  You saw a bluish hoof go in-between two piles of letters and then push them apart to your left.  Getting in front of that opening instead, you gasped and your humor died as you saw the pegasus lit up in the lamp above her.

The gray pegasus with a blue tint in her skin and blonde hair in her mane and tail had put her head down as you gasped, but you still saw the yellow eyes she had - they were crossed.  She sighed, and you just had to ask, "What's wrong?"
Then she looked up at you with tears in her eyes, "I suppose you think I'm a monster.  My voice almost sounds like a guy's, and my eyes are crossed badly.. Everypony else thinks I have a mental disorder as soon as they see me, just judging from my eyes."  You turn this over in your mind several times and think about what to say to this abused pegasus.



What will you say?

"You're no monster.  I think you're beautiful - everyone has their flaws, yours are just more obvious.  Now, tell me your name and let me help you out with those letters.."

something used to be here, but then the author decided to have a heart