No one should brave the Underworld alone. But some things are important.

Because nature is a gift, but death isn't.

Stars are capricious. They give less than they take, and they give much.

They are contractual. They are bound by rules, and the advantage of being bound by rules is that you know the rules better than those who exploit them.

And they are brilliant.

In what is not an entirely warm way.

What maketh a witch?

The problem with Equestrian-Earth immigration, so far unforeseen, is that some people just can't deal with Equestria. Some people come into contact with absolute utopia and just cannot cope. So they develop coping mechanisms.

These are not very helpful coping mechanisms.