Celestia trotted down the halls of the castle with a clear destination in mind.
Adam’s room.
After yet another nasty remark from him, Celestia sent him back to his room to think about his actions. He may have suffered both physically and mentally, but that does not mean he can go around insulting everypony just for the heck of it.
As she strode through the bright halls, the conversation she had with her sister in the dining hall a few days prior came to the forefront of her mind.
"Tia, I wish to speak to you immediately!" said Luna as she entered the almost empty dining hall. Celestia was already there as she gestured with her head for Luna to take a seat next to her. Luna said nothing as she trotted to her seat at a brisk pace, further fueling the sense of urgency. Once seated, Luna looked up at her sister.
"What is it Lulu?" Celestia asked simply.
"It's about the colt, sister. Or more precisely, the events from yesterday."
"And to what part of the day are you referring Lulu? It was a very long and trying day, if I may say so myself," Celestia professed. Luna quirked an eyebrow at her sister's response.
'Isn't it obvious?' she thought to herself.
"You… do not know?" she asked, just to be sure.
Celestia dropped the smile that she wore from the moment Luna entered the dining hall, and adopted a more serious one. "What's the matter Luna? Where are you going with this?"
"I'm talking about you claiming him, sister!" Celestia's eyes shot open as Luna continued. "He was hurt and afraid and you took advantage of this to claim him. I trust you know what you did was wrong. He already has a family somewhere, not to mention they're probably worried sick."
Luna was furious. Her sister just claimed a colt by licking and leaving her scent on him, an act between a mother and a newborn foal. It was a bonding process to ensure the safety of the foal. It was also a very ancient act, a primal one, one from before ponies could even think, from a time far beyond the two sisters.
"I-I did what?" Celestia was shocked. "I don't remember any of that," she professed, looking mortified.
"What do you mean you don't remember? You claimed the colt. It's as simple as that," Luna said in a 'matter-of-fact' tone.
"N-No Luna, you don't understand. I really do not remember any of this. It's all kinda fuzzy. Last thing I remember was Adam's tears and I simply… acted. Beyond that…"
"So you really mean…"
"Yes Luna, I don't remember."
"This is troubling news. We can't have you too attached to the colt, we're goin-"
"His name is Adam!" Celestia snapped. "And you will do well to remember it!"
"Celestia? Are you alright?" asked Luna. The younger sister felt mildly intimidated by her older sister, her disapproving gaze burned like a thousand suns.
Celestia saw the fear in her sister's eyes and quickly calmed down, looking somewhat regretful.
"Please forgive me, dear sister. I do not know what came over me."
Luna placed a comforting hoof on her sister's shoulder and gave her an affectionate nuzzle.
"There there sister, I understand, I really do."
"No, you do not understand… I want a foal, Luna. I do not want to become lonely. It was too much to bear when I exiled you. I can't deal with more pain."
"Sister is this how you really feel?"
"It is, dear sister. With all my heart."
Celestia sighed but kept her emotionless mask intact. She tried to help Adam with his many problems, but each time she did, he'd get angry and start insulting her and everypony unfortunate enough to be near.
As for Adam's family. Lucid Dream came to Celestia yesterday and told her of her findings. The results were less than helpful. There wasn't a single piece of information on Adam. No medical records, no immigration papers, and not a single name that suggested he was existent. As far as Celestia knew, Adam was, for all intents and purposes, nopony.
And as for Adam himself, he became more bitter with each passing day, resulting in Celestia sending him to his room more times than she could have counted. She was actually going to his room. She wanted to personally talk to him.
Adam sat in the middle of the guest room, an annoyed look on his face. He was sent to 'his' room after yet another outburst of insults and stayed there ever since. Unfortunately for him, the window across the room was ajar and the wind drove him to near madness. He tried to close it, but he was too small to reach the window. He knew why the window was open. Before Celestia took him herself to his room and locked him there, she told him that he needed a shower and she will not close the window until he will. She also stationed two pegasi just outside the window should he try to do anything stupid.
Like jumping off from the 25th floor from his room. Apparently this castle is very tall. Who knew.
Adam sighed and looked up to the sky through the window.
"I'm not a believer but I guess I can use some answers. Here goes… God, if you're there I just want you to know…” Adam paused as he thought deeper into his inner self, looking for a sense of clarity. “You're as useful as tits on bull! Fucking wanker!"
Adam listened as the sound of ruffling feathers reached his ears and smiled. At least these ponies can learn a new word or two. After all, Adam was nothing if not creative.
There was a knock on the door followed by the last person Adam wanted to see.
Celestia, the embodiment of cruelty.
"Where have you been, I need you to close the window," Adam snarled.
"Oh, I thought a little fresh air would be nice," Celestia responded, trying to keep herself from going down to Adam's level.
"Nah, it isn't."
"Well, as the pony that has to share her living space with the pony who won't take a bath, I need some fresh air."
"I don't care, you can just leave if you want. Close it!" Adam persisted, looking directly into Celestia's eyes.
Celestia sighed and closed the gap between her and Adam. "Look Adam, I know that you are angry at the world right now. What happened to you is unimaginable and I'm going do whatever I can to help through this, and all I ask in return is that you treat me with a little bit of courtesy. That includes using the word: 'please'."
"Why the sudden interest in ethics, Princess? I don't recall you saying please when you practically kidnapped me!"
Celestia huffed in frustration. "This conversation is now over, the window stays open!"
"I want it closed!"
"No! You stink!"
"And you're a whore!" Adam yelled. "But here's the difference, I can get clean."
Celestia's eyes were wide in shock before suddenly changing expression into an unnerving smirk.
"Yes you can…"
With a tug of magic, Adam was lifted off the ground, as well as a bottle of soap from the bathroom, and floated in front of an angry looking Princess Celestia.
"What are you doing?! I don't like this, put me down!"
Celestia said nothing as she turned around and trotted at a brisk pace towards an unknown destination.
"What's going on, I'm not even dressed!"
Celestia ignored Adam's petty attempt to distract her and continued on her course towards the gardens.
Once outside, Celestia walked around the castle until she reached her desired spot, next to the gardens, in front of the hedge maze.
As for the gardeners, once they saw Celestia's determined expression, they decided it would be best to leave rather than stick around and potentially getting caught in the upcoming sentence.
Celestia let the magic that held Adam in place disappear as he fell, but before he could run away he was again caught in Celestia's magical hold that pinned him in place. She then stepped behind him and began pouring a generous amount of soap.
"What is that? Celestia what's going on?" Adam sounded almost nervous as he started to think that he might have pushed the sun princess over the edge. "Celestia, stop!"
But Celestia had only just began. She walked back into Adam's vision and stepped into a work shed next to where the two were. Adam's eyes widened when she stepped back out with a garden hose floated next to her. "You wouldn't."
Celestia only smirked as a burst of cold water erupted from the hose, soaking Adam in water and covering him in a thick layer of bubbles.
"Stop it! For the love of all that is holy, stop it!" Adam wailed and tried to move away from the blast, but Celestia's magic was still in effect as he could only squirm and shudder. "For fuck's sake stop the bloody water!"
"If only there was a word you could use to get me to stop, like 'please'."
"This is child abuse!"
"Say please!"
"Go to hell!"
"Why can't you just say it, it's easy. Please, please, please…"
Adam was just about had enough. He was cold, angry and humiliated.
"Please stop! Please stop it! Please stop!" Celestia finally stopped the stream but Adam was fuming with resentment. "Please help me up! Please pass me the salt! Please show me the way back to my room! Please! Please! Please!" He roared. "That's the life I'm facing now! Having to ask ponies for help, for everything. Do you know how degrading this is?!"
The silence that followed only spurred Adam further.
"Every morning since I got here I wake up at three thirty, you wake up at five. For an hour and a half I lay there, staring at the locked bedroom doors, fantasizing about how lovely it would be, how excruciatingly lovely it would be to get up and make myself a cup of tea one last time… No please. Just hot water and tea."
Adam felt as the magic that held him in place disperse and he hung his head, feeling humiliated. His vision became blurry as a few tears mingled with his soaked pelt. A white hoof entered his line of sight and pulled him gently by the chin. He reluctantly looked up to see Celestia with a hurt expression on her face looking down at Adam, her own tears threatening to fall.
"Adam… I'm so sorry, forgive me." She wrapped her wings around the colt and pulled him into a hug. "Please…"
"Just… Leave me alone," he croaked.
Celestia felt her throat close and she closed her eyes shut before relaxing her hold on the colt and letting him face her. "I understand," she said. She then walked away, looking crestfallen and ashamed as Adam stayed behind to dry himself out.
"Fucking cunt, about time she learned her lesson," Adam hissed to himself but suddenly felt something squeeze his chest. "Great, now I feel like a dick..."
Adam was still outside, even as the sun settled and the moon rose. He dried himself off hours ago but couldn't bring himself to go inside. He needed some time alone.
During this time, Adam wondered a bit in the gardens and found a panoramic view of the valley below the mountain. The castle was built in a way that part of it was hanging off the side of the mountain, so Adam had the most amazing sight of the land.
It was beautiful.
A soft flap of wings alerted Adam of a visitor and soon enough, he heard said visitor land just behind him. He made no effort turning around. He knew whoever that was will reveal itself eventually.
"Quite a beautiful sight ain't it?" Adam said quietly, still gazing on the horizon.
"As the creator of said sight, I believe that disagreeing would be foolish," said Luna. Somehow, Adam was not surprised.
"I hate your sister," he said absent-mindedly. Luna shuffled uncomfortably behind him and finally moved to sit next to him, letting a wing drape across the young colt's back. Adam made no effort to swat the wing away. In fact, he welcomed the warm feeling and scooted closer to Luna, resting his head on her hoof.
"She's not that bad once you get to know her," Luna responded. The two shared a dry chuckle before Adam spoke up.
"She makes me angry. Every time we speak, she either tells me what to do, or tries to 'help' me. Well, I don't need help."
"You know Adam. She told me what happened between you two earlier today."
"I would be surprised if she didn't…"
"She was very distraught by this. She's feeling bad for what she did."
"Good, she deserves to feel bad!" Adam hissed. Hardening his gaze over the horizon as his breaths quickened and his nose flared.
“Then how come you feel just as bad?" asked Luna, causing Adam to finally snap his eyes from the sky and towards her, looking shocked.
"How did you-"
"It's written all over your face."
Adam sighed and looked down to the ground. He was silent for a bit, letting the crickets softly play their tunes. The air was crisp and carried a soft scent of pine trees, Adam's personal favorite.
"I don't know why I'm so angry. It wasn't like this back home. I guess that being constantly mad means I don't have to deal with everything around me."
"Your mind is like a pond, Adam. When it is agitated, it becomes difficult to see. But if you allow it to settle, the answer becomes clear.
"I guess…"
"You know Adam, Tia is not the only one to blame. Your actions and your actions alone brought this misfortune upon you."
"I guess I did act like a bit of jerk, haven't I?"
"Yes, yes you did, Adam. And you should apologize."
"I guess that would be the wise choice. You're very clever you know that, Luna?"
Luna smiled fondly and nuzzled Adam's head. Adam, for his part, could feel how this simple act sooth his muscle. Something that would probably be disturbing if humans did it, but felt completely normal to him now. "You are the first to ever say that to me, Adam. Ponies are usually afraid of me… And my night."
"Why?" Adam asked, surprised by Luna's statement.
"Let's just say that I had some personal issues that affected my overall reputation with my subjects. And as for my night… Ponies shunned it since the very beginning. They always preferred Tia's days and slept through my night," Luna said sadly. Looking down at Adam and seeing his bright green eyes sparkle with defiance.
"I think you're wrong," he stated.
"Oh? And what do you mean by that?"
"I don't think ponies shun the night. I don't think they sleep through it because they hate it. They're doing it because they trust you."
Luna looked surprised. "Trust… Me?"
"Yeah," Adam continued. "They sleep through the night because they trust you to keep them safe. Because they know that no harm can reach them under your watchful eye. As for myself, I always admired the night rather than the day. The sun is blinding, you can't look directly at it, yet it takes from the beauty of the sky as well, covering it all with a bland hue of blue. As for the moon, it glows softly. You can look directly at it, yet it does not hog all the attention as it lets the night to show its splendor and radiance." Adam took a deep breath and then released it. "There's nothing truly captivating than staring at the moon."
Luna felt herself choking from sheer emotion. When she first met Adam, he didn't leave a good impression on her. But that single statement of his caused Luna's heart to flutter and leave her at a loss for words. Her lack of speech forced her to act instead as she pulled Adam into her embraced and hugged him fiercely to her barrel, nuzzling the top of his head, as well.
Celestia lay splayed on her bed, looking downtrodden. Her regalia were cast aside and her mane was unkempt.
She looked very different than the princess of the sun.
Ever since the incident earlier, Celestia found herself locked inside her room, trying to figure what went wrong and where she failed. All those thoughts left her head in a terrible mess until she couldn't think coherently, so she just decided to lay on her bed and feel sorry for herself.
There was a knock on the door.
"Go away," commanded the princess. Her voice, surprisingly, was firm and regal as always. She wasn't in the mood for conversations with the maids or butlers that sought her guidance. The only thing she wanted was to be alone right now.
"Can you open the door Celestia…Please?"
It was…
"Adam?" Celestia called.
"Yeah it's me, can you please open the door?"
For a brief moment, Celestia contemplated to just ignore Adam, to send him away. But these feelings died quickly as she rose from her bed and opened the doors. There, looking rather miserable, stood Adam, his head held low as he avoided eye contact.
"May I come in?" he asked quietly.
"Of course dear, is everything alright?"
Adam didn't say anything. Instead, he walked into the room and searched for a place to sit. It didn't take long for Celestia to realize that she didn't have any proper seats in her room, and gestured Adam to sit on the bed.
Adam nodded and made his way to the huge bed, trying numerous times to hop on the mattress but ultimately failing each time.
"Can you please help me up?" he said shamefully, not meeting Celestia's gaze even as she lifted him to her bed and sitting next to him. He looked away and tried to bring himself to speak.
It was hard for him, Celestia deduced but decided to remain silent. It was Adam who came to her, so there was no need to urge the colt further.
"Look, what I did today… wasn't my proudest moment. I acted like a twonk and I lashed out on you. You didn't deserve that, you were only trying to help. I guess what I'm saying is… I'm sorry."
For the first time this evening, Adam looked up to Celestia. His eyes shone with hope.
Celestia didn't say anything. For the entire day, Celestia believed the she was to blame for what happened. And yet, it was Adam that came to apologize.
Adam's hope slowly diminished with each passing second until he hung his head in defeat. He hopped from the bed and made his way out.
Imagine his surprise when he was caught in a magical aura and was lifted off the ground, only to meet two white and warm hooves as they wrapped around his barrel and brought him closer to Celestia's warm chest.
"Apology accepted," Celestia said softly, letting a few happy tears to fall. Adam took this opportunity to hug Celestia back. He squirmed in her grasp until he faced Celestia, and brought his own hooves around the princess.
"Can you promise me something, Adam?"
"What?"
"No more insults, please."
"I swear that I will never insult you or Luna."
"That's not what I meant."
"Take it or leave it, Tia."
Celestia sighed. "I suppose that's better than nothing…"
You really need to edit this chapter. This whole Celestia and Luna calling each other "Tia, Lulu" has to be fixed
While this chapter lacked comedy, It has plenty feels in it.
typo at the end with Adam and Luna. When she first met Adam, he didn't left a good impression on her.
It should be "leave"
4903547 I already sent this chapter for editing. My editor said that he'll start working on it tomorrow. So until then, please bear with me
Honestly... This confrontation that has been built up for the past four chapters is so lacking that calling it a confrontation would be an insult to the word.
He didn't explain why he does anything he does. he doesn't explain WHY he's so mad at everything beyond stuff you'd hear from a 12 year old who's played far too much call of duty and in that regard it's becoming harder and harder to care for him as a protagonist.
Seeing as he is starting to get a rather firm grip upon the idiot ball so tightly that he cannot see that five simple words would make a world of difference. I AM NOT A PONY.
Not to mention that he forgives Celestia far too quickly, and honestly I'm getting tired of all the stories that do this. If you want to have a dramatic story you CANNOT just have them hand wave blatant shit like him screaming THIS IS CHILD ABUSE when he knows full well he SHOULDN'T BE A CHILD!
Luna appreciation is the best appreciation. #fact
I think it was a solid chapter, some tweaking maybe, as the previous comments said, but it was still a pleasant read.
I am really enjoying this story I await the next chapter. I do have a question Do you plan to have Adam tell Celestia why He is in Equestria and that he is not a colt and not from Equestria soon or do you plan to just let him slowly forget who he is and take on the persona of the Unicorn colt he not inhabits? I very curious. I eagerly await your next chapter
Still waiting on that whole "they think he was raped" thing to come into play.
...you know what?.....you should have it actually almost happen. I'd lol at that.
I like the character development in this. Bravo, jolly good sir!
4903602 You're expecting too much... Yes, I admit that there are some places that can use some editing but overral it was good.
Expecting too much will make you disappoint more than you should.
Not everything can be a masterpiece, not everyone is that good of an author. Also, I have been reading quite a lot of stories with 'conlict' as you put it and after a while, I want to have something light...To not having to scream in frustration...
This was a nice chapter, but I'm feeling a little underwhelmed, after all that building up. Also, aside from some character development, there wasn't really much plot-wise. This would be classified as a filler chapter.
4903669 The problem with that is that the author is teasing this as some sort of drama that cannot be taken lightly by the simple fact he mentioned that they think he was RAPED before they found him.
There are four subjects you cannot bring up in a story and make it lighthearted or fun afterwards for at least a good two arcs in the rules for a proper story.
1: Death in any form
2: Murder
3: Rape
4: Torture
4903547 Why?
4903687 Meh...That is your opinion on things...But, yeah. Truth.
Another great chapter!
THIS CHAPTER PISSES ME OFF!
i dont know why but as soon as luna comes to talk to adam, he suddenly becomes bipolar and gets a personality shift when not moments before he was angry at what happened and what has happened, hes mad everyday and has probably a weeks worth of agitation to work off, he shouldnt have been feeling guilty for another few hours but luna doesnt even have to give any advice, just being near her apparently calms Adam down for some strange reason and then he randomly decides to go say sorry to celestia when luna hasnt even said anything that could get him to do that!
rant over, this is a good story (on the edge about this chapter) but its probly just me being a bit OCD about stuff...
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I can see why this seems inconsistent and bipolar, but the main conflict so far is that Adam is in a strange new place and no- one will believe what he tells them. I spent time in a mental ward (long story) and the feeling is rather similar. You hate the world for sending you there, you don't know how anyone will act, you're constantly under a twisted kind of house arrest, and everyone believes that they know you better than you do, and therefore know best. This breeds an desperate kind of anger in the hopes that if you can somehow, in some way get people's attention, that they might listen to you. And it is exhausting. So when you fail and keep failing, you get tired and that tiredness only reinforces the depressed hopelessness you have tried so hard to ignore. This is the kind of thing Adam could easily be going through. And given he has a body of a colt, he should tire easily. Is it really so hard to believe that he was simply to tired to be pissed. I don't know. I'm not the writer, I'm just a person with a perspective.
Good story in any case.
*sniff*
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4903735 Mental Exhaustion has never been an excuse for forgiving an unjust action. And quite honestly that's what the protagonist views his treatment by Celestia to be.
Honestly if exhaustion of the mind is the case then the problem lies that when he has mentally recovered he will rescind any forgiveness and therefore render this chapter moot in the long run.
the one thing that does not sit right with me is that he has never mentioned who he is and maybe why he is there. to get help and what not. its like hes just dead inside. i know he told that doc and what not. but he never fully explained it to celestia. i think him telling tia about humans. technology. stuff like that and letting her decide would be sweet. and then building a bond with him with that.. makes a little more sence then just.. i think hes been raped. i must help. but don't ask him anything about himself.
I can get behind the Adam x Luna shipping but the one thing I ask is that you don't force Luna on him like many other people do with human x pony shipping.
4903547 Some people like it, some don't
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I laugh and enjoy those, very much, thanks for sharing, but I do get what they mean.
4903688 What xzaves said
4903822 But Woona likes calling her big sister 'Tia...
Eh. Why he isnt sentenced?
Nice chapter! I really like where this is going! Keep up the good work!
HAHAHAHAHA!!! It just keeps getting better and better! More please.
Don't you listen to anyone here, nothing needs to be changed here; except for a bunch of typos this is absolutely perfect. We get to see a bit more character devolopment for Adam than the previous chapters, and that line about the night and ponies trusting Luna – Stunning, to say the least. And nice sneaking of a classic Kung Fu Panda line from Master Oogway in here, very "wise" indeed.
This chapter was great.
4904136 Adam's perspective about the night is actually my own. At least, in the MLP universe. It was a scene I wanted to write for a long time but never had the settings or proper plot before
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You say not moments before, but it was hours later after he had time to dry off, cool down, and relax while taking in the view and gathering his thoughts. I would think it is entirely conceivable that he got over his anger and was able to reflect on his sub-par handling of the situation. I'm not saying that his actions aren't to some degree understandable, I mean he's going through some pretty heavy shit. Still seems normal that kind of blowing up on someone like that, even if you're angry, will seem excessive in hindsight, especially if you already felt somewhat guilty about it. Only thing I think is a bit odd is the fact he hasn't mentioned his origin to Celestia. I can see that after explaining it to whatever doctor saw him and being passed off as a nut, he'd be kind of discouraged. Still I would imagine that would only keep him from mentioning it for a couple days at most. I kind of think it's just a plot-hole, since if it were mentioned, and it came to light that Discord brought him, he would probably be able to be sent back. Might just be me though, I've always considered it kind of stupid in a story when someone is summoned through magic, but can't be sent back. I mean specifically when they can't be sent anywhere, I can buy that it can't be accurate, that's acceptable. However the idea that you can pull, but not push, seems stupid to me. Anyways, a decent chapter, I'll be looking forward to the next, and best of luck in all your endeavors.
4903547 i like how Luna and Celestia call each other Lulu and Tia it gives the sense that they are close to each other, the only time i would change it is if something happens and they are talking to each other in front of a lot of there subjects.
or if they are talking to the guards about a war threat. Doing it in the castle in front of the guards and staff should be fine sense they work around the princesses all the time.
Still laughing over
"You royal pompas cunt" and "hit you with a brick"
Oh and his PG version of the insult
*claps slowly*
Another funny chapter
Wow, right in the feels, man.
Hasn't Luna peeked in his dreams yet and realized he isn't a pony?
Let me start by saying another fine chapter. After re-reading it, I noticed you fixed a few errors I found. Good job!
However, I must point out one detail that seems to have been missed (whether accidentally or intentionally...I don't know). In the last chapter, we discover Adam cannot use his hooves or access any of his magic, since he's a unicorn (I'll admit when I first the story, I forgot about that ). Celestia and Luna both display a brief amount of shock over this revelation before Blueblood show up. I'm guessing that in the unicorn class of ponies the ability to use magic, any amount at all, should be considered "normal"? So if a unicorn was unable to use any magic at all (not even capable of making their horn glow), would they be considered "handicapped" by society? This would mean that Adam would require constant help with his daily life. If that is the case, then it shocks me that Celestia and Luna say or do nothing about this. Actually, I'm surprised the physician didn't catch this when she examined Adam back in chapter 3.
Anyway, can't wait to read more and looking forward to the next chapter.
4904389 Yes, I wonder when she will...
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I thought that scene implied that it was normal for unicorns to have already learn to use some magic by his age and they simply presumed due to his past (they believed he was abused for most of his childhood) he was simply never taught, not that he was physically unable to use magic.
Well he is progressing, also great job with the kung fu panda and house wifes references
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Even if he hasn't been taught to use his magic, it would still imply that he needs constant supervision, and will need a tutor to get him up to speed. Celestia is going to have her work cut out for her teaching him about his new world. I'm surprised that Adam hasn't explained everything to them, including the e-mail that was clearly sent by Discord.
ah yeah another chapter
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Ah…because he has empati? because he spent HOURS meditating if what he did was right? because he needed to reflect all his mistakes and see what can he does now?
Is not exactly something out of the blue, Luna didn't calm him down, HE calm himself down to think, and decided that since she is not going to leave might as well try to bend out his frustration, plus Luna did knew how to approach him a bit more carefully.
So really…what is so rush in all that?
You never being so angry at some love one that you need your space and then you work things up with them because…it is one love one?
Also I had only one question…if they think he was molested physical and mentally…then why search for his family? Celestia wouldn't it be concern that it was HIS family that did that? I mean he is young, AND he virtually don't exist according to every pony, so that mean that his family simple took him as a secret…that its what I could concluded at least so…I'm a bit confused but…I can say they think they only kidnap him when he was a baby
BOOYA KUNG FU PANDA REFRENCE
I can't help but wonder why Adam isn't trying harder to prove that he wasn't always a pony. It should be relatively easy to demonstrate alien knowledge and experiences to anyone that is sufficiently open to the possibility and considering it would fit in perfectly with the fact that there is no record of him before he appeared that makes it even easier and yet he does nothing but tell a incompetent physiologist that instantly thought he had been sexually abused because of his language.
He could, for example, explain the taste of meat, how a gun works (a self contained capsule with propellant and projectile in a tube) or show some adult like attributes like vocabulary and discussing complicated scientific concept like the big bang and yet he misses all of these opportunities. Instead he gives up and decides to act like an immature child, ruining all these opportunities.
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first off, since when is celestia adams loved one? yes there was the bonding in one of the other chapters (cant remember which) but thats all it was, the begining of a bond. adam himself has yet to accept this bond.
secondly, it should have taken longer to calm down. he wasnt just working off the stress from that arguement, he has hated his entire stay there and thats a lot of hate and frustration to boil off. plus he doesnt see celestia as a loved one yet, in instinct yes but not in mind, and wont forgive her as easily.
and thirdly the thing i was mostly picking up on with luna was that she mostly only says a few word that could mean anything when you get down to it and most of what she said didnt come close to what adam must have been hearing to get the ideas that he did. they had like a 1 min conversation and suddenly adam gets a bunch of advice and is randomly complimenting her, there could've and should've been more interaction between luna and adam...
or atleast thats the idea im getting from this chapter
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Ah well you can always blame it to the child in him that is searching for help but doesn't know how to ask it
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I don't think it's necessarily normal for unicorns to learn magic at that age (take Sweetie Belle, for instance), but they should all be able to use their hooves. The fact that Adam couldn't should have raised some red flags with them.