I'm curious if there's some sort of reference I'm missing in regards to the fact that the Enclave, not only taking away Perigee's wings, also felt the need to dump her in the mud, force her to suffer from her pain unaided... and have a drummer be there.

It's strange... but in a fun way.

Love how Lem not only uses her magic for this scenario, but is the one who insists that she does this to Wile, really helping to make Lem feel like a protag with agency as opposed to the passive 'does everything that others tell her to do' sort of protag.

The scene where Wile and Lem talk about morality got wordy, but otherwise it felt engaging and this part really felt great to read:

“Well, we can’t wait around for them all to have epiphanies,” Wile said.

“No,” I said, thinking, dropping my ears. “I guess we can’t.”

Also really loved just how unnerved Wile and Lem are at the fact that Perigee is just not as emotionally distraught about losing her wings than most pegasi would be. Really interested to see where that goes.