My friend kept joking about filling my living room with salt, so much so that I swore I'd write a story about it.

This was purely written because my my friend’s terrible joke.

Matthew- no, that name has been dead to him for years, Jason returns to Equestria to check up on what Lauren Faust has created. However, pony years are a lot faster than human ones, so 10 years away from Equestria for him would be near Celestia's age in pony years.

"huh, I wonder how little Tia is doing, might as well check up on her too."