I keep finding that I want to talk more about this story, so I thought I would write up some longer notes to go along with it. I hope you don’t mind.

The story itself is about 60% different from what I first came up with. The core idea was always the same, Mary had been in Equestria for a year and found the Clarinet, but so much else changed along the way. The original plan didn’t even involve Canterlot or even Lyra.

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