Even my body begins to shake... Not unlike that small sand colored pony from three dark cycles ago. I think I understand now. He was cold, and now I'm feeling the same.
Who’s he talking about?
"Sentience and sapience are two different things." Ocellus began to explain. "Sentience is consciousness of emotion. All living things to some degree are sentient. Dogs, Lizards, Puckwudgies, et cetera. Sapience is capability of thought and intelligence. The ability to gain wisdom." She finished.
He’s both, right?
"I completely agree." The elder hippogriff said. "Your father went straight to Queen Novo and scrambled a good piece of our military. Almost hysterically claiming that it's a mindless predator, bent on sinking ships and eating other creatures."
Who’s the elder hippogriff?
"Sugarcube, you don't gotta be nervous. Just tell the truth. Did you really see a sea monster?" Applejack began.
"No." Tide responded.
Applejack tilted her head, suddenly confused. Fluttershy had told her that a colt had met a sea monster, yet here he was, saying he hadn't.
"Levi isn't a monster. He's just another creature like yaks, griffins and sea-ponies.”
Oh, I thought he was second guessing his life choices at first.
Tide growled, his face firm. His parents, unsure of what to do, watched their son.
Imagine a child doing that to you.
"We're on too much of a time crunch. Levi and Queen Novo could be here any day now. We're talking about saving a life who as we speak is being pursued, just so he can be murdered in cold blood out of mindless fear." Marina growled, before realizing who she was talking to and settled back down. "I'm sorry princess. I may not have seen the young creature as clearly as my son and husband did, but I did see something unusual be chased upriver by Novo and her guards. My colt is no liar. If Tide says that was Levi, I have every reason to believe him."
Now she believes him?
Almost all beings present looked at Tide's mother as if she had temporarily grown a second head! It wasn't often someone had the guts to raise their voice to royalty.
Pull a celestia and send her a** to the moon.
Twilight turned her head to Applejack, who had been watching the colt intensely since his story started. Applejack simply nodded in reply to the unspoken question.
What was the question?
"Very well. I can have her here by tomorrow, and we can try and at least stall Novo. Last thing we want, or need, is a war." Twilight sighed. "I honestly still have reason to doubt it... but, I have seen things that challenged conventional beliefs."
"Nightmare Moon, Pony of Shadows, Mirror Pool, things like that." The bouncing pink pony, Pinkie Pie offered. "If it was an old mare's tale, it's probably true."
What is conventional beliefs? And how are those examples?
"I heard something!" A voice calls out. Well tuna fish... spent way too long sleeping.
"Yeah! Sounded like a sneeze." Another voice replies. My breath quickens and I force my body to move faster. Before long, I find myself back in some deep water, and keep moving up current. I miss my warm cave...
Who’s he talking about?
He’s both, right?
Who’s the elder hippogriff?
Oh, I thought he was second guessing his life choices at first.
Imagine a child doing that to you.
Now she believes him?
Pull a celestia and send her a** to the moon.
What was the question?
What is conventional beliefs? And how are those examples?
Who was that?
Been along time since I last saw a Terramar story... You have my interest.