Domination of Equestria - T+51 days.
“Oh dear, I’m sorry!”
“Don’t worry about it.”
“I just don’t know what went wrong!”
“Seriously Miss Hooves, It’s fine. The work day is nearly over and I expect Luna to have me out of this shirt in the next couple of hours anyway.”
“Oh...Oh my…”
“Tell me, how’s Dinky settling in?”
“She’s doing great! She’s doing so well in Celeti-ahhh what’s it called now?”
“The Canterlot Officers Corp Academy?”
“Yea! In there! She’s always done well in school and it’s so good to see her doing so well like that.”
“I’m not too surprised. She very much gave me the impression that she would thrive under the strict environment and high academic rigor.”
“Yea, exactly! Oh, I almost forgot, here’s your evening post. There’s this important one from Manehatten, and this one which I got from the Commandant of Canterlot on my way up here.”
“Thank you kindly Miss Hooves. If you could hold on a moment, I expect I’ll be sending at least one immediate reply.”
"Sure!"
“Humm…”
“Um...You ok? It looks like bad news?”
“I’m afraid so. There’s just been another attack in Manehatten. It’s got Rarity’s hoofprints all over it.”
“Oh...right.”
“Quite. I’m sick of only getting bad news from there. It’s been nothing but bungling and terrorism out there.”
"That sounds bad..."
"And to compound it all the Commandant here in Canterlot is now telling me he's missed that seditious bastard Rabble Rouser again!"
“I’m sorry I couldn’t bring you any better news…”
“Oh Ditzy, it’s not your fault. You’re the best mailmare I’ve seen, and it’s you I trust with my most important correspondence for a reason.”
“You...you’re flattering me…”
“It’s all true. Now, I’ve written my reply to the Commandant. Can you take it down to him tonight?”
“Sure! No problem! I’ll see you tomorrow for Dinky’s personal lessons?”
“Two o’clock. I wouldn’t miss it for the world.”
Overlord Rule No:32 I will not fly into a rage and kill a messenger who brings me bad news just to illustrate how evil I really am. Good messengers are hard to come by.