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Ahem. Morning, Sunburst.
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What? Oh. Hi!
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Heh heh.
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You know, no matter how
many times I read it,
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Houyhnhnm's Guide to Magical
Arcana never gets boring.
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If you say so.
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I've got another letter
for you from Sires Hollow.
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Mm-hmm. Sure thing.
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What's this?
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Could I be experiencing the
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Cerebration Transmogrification
Effect described in Chapter 17?
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Oh, my cutie mark is glowing.
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My cutie mark is glowing!
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I know what this means!
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Why am I yelling!?
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Princess Twilight,
what an honor this is.
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I mean, it is, right?
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I'm called for a
friendship mission?
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You sure are.
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And it must be
a special one.
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Nopony outside of Ponyville
has ever been called before.
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If you need some
pointers, let me know.
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I've been on my fair
share of missions.
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You've been on
one, Spike.
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And that's.. my
fair share.
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Starlight!
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You mean we've
both been called?
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This is great!
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[unexcited]
Yeah. Great.
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Aren't you excited?
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You and me!
On a mission!
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Together.
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I-I'm sorry, are you not excited
to go on a mission with me?
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No...
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No! I mean, yes. Heh.
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Totally excited about
us going together,
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just not so excited
about where.
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Sires Hollow?
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Yep. Home.
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Oh. Great.
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You know, I can go if
you two don't want to.
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I am kind of an expert.
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It's not that I don't
want to go home,
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it's just that whenever I do,
my dad treats me like a filly,
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like nothing's changed
since I was a foal.
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Huh.
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I know. I'm a horrible
daughter.
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No, no.
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My mom actually does
kind of the same thing.
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Really?
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I don't even have to go home.
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She sends me
letters constantly
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asking about my plans
for the future.
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"You're a grown-up pony,
Sunburst. You need a plan."
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I haven't been home
in a while either.
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Hm. We'll just have to
explain to our parents
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that we're on an important
friendship mission,
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so they can't bother us.
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Do you think
that will work?
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Nope!
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[sigh] The great
thing about home is
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it always stays
just how you left--
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[bang] OH!
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Where did that come from?
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[woman's voice over speaker]
Welcome to Sires Hollow.
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Essence?
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Essence of what?
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You tell me.
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What is it?
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Ah. Chocolate? Maybe?
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Not chocolate maybe.
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Chocolate definitely.
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And all of the benefits
with none of the drawbacks.
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Didn't this used to
be a fruit stand?
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I don't know what
it used to be.
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The Sires Hollow Development
Committee determined what it is.
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The Sires Hollow
Development what?
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Where do ponies buy fruit?
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You can get a fruit
smoothie two doors down.
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All the shops are different.
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Everything's changed!
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Not everything.
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That's the same as it ever was.
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Sorry, our bookstore's
been declared a
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"site of historical
significance"
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by the Sires Hollow
Preservation Society.
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You'll have to experience
the books from here.
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That's why windows
are see-through.
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WHAT?
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Preservation Society?
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What is happening around here?
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I'll explain it to
you, Sugar-Plum.
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You are just as
cutsie-wootsie as ever!
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Dad!
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Quit it!
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What is going on?
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Oh! Just a father wanting to
preserve our town's rich history
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for his little
Pumpkie-Wumpkin.
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Dad. You promised no
pumpkie-wumpkins in public.
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[whispers]
Sorry, Chipmunk Cheeks.
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Er. Don't.
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You're preserving
the whole town?
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That's crazy.
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That's exactly
what I told him.
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I said, "Firelight,
you're crazy."
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Mom?
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Our village needs the
same thing you do, Sunburst:
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a clear plan
for the future.
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That's why I started the Sires
Hollow Development Committee.
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And I've got plans
for this little town.
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Big plans.
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Listen here, Stellar Flare; I'm
not going to let you
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turn our historical heritage
into Las Pegasus!
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And I'm not going to let
you turn it into a museum!
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Wait.
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Are you two fighting over this?
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Like, having a
friendship problem?
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Oh, there's no problem.
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Because there is
no friendship.
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Well, the good news is
we know why we're here.
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Maybe we should have
sent Spike after all.
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Sunburst and I were
called here to do a job
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and it looks like
you two are it.
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You mean your success
depends on us?
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Uh...
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And you have to hang out with
us the whole time you're here?
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Um...
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Well, I'll hear what
you have to say,
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but every plan I've
made for this town
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is perfectly reasonable.
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Good luck convincing me
my preservation efforts
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don't make sense.
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[voiceover]
Welcome to Sires Hollow.
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So we can't hold the books?
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha. No.
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Can you hold the books?
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No.
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So nopony can
read the books?
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[chuckle] Isn't she adorable?
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[voiceover]
Welcome to Sires Hollow.
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You can call them... smells,
but I call them essence!
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Fruity.
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Too bad there's nowhere
to get actual fruit.
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In the future, all ponies
will drink their fruit.
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One hundred percent
ancient pony grains.
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Just like the town
founders ate.
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Hope you like crust!
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[squeak]
Welcome to Sires Hollow.
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Welcome to Sires Hollow.
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Welcome to Sires Hollow.
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Welcome to Sires Hollow.
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Welcome to Sires--
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OK, it's annoying. I get it.
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Maybe my preservation efforts
were a little over the top.
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Oh...
Oh no.
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And I might have been
trying to turn the town
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into a shopping mall.
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Well, whatever direction
the town takes, from now on
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how about we work
together on it?
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Deal!
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Sunburst, you should
move closer to Ponyville.
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After this success, I'm sure
the Princess of Friendship
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will want to send you
on more missions.
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That's not really
how it works.
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Oh, look at the time!
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We should get going,
now that we've solved
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the friendship problem!
Right, Starlight?
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00:10:21,321 --> 00:10:24,823
Yeah. The thing is, I don't
think we did solve it.
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When we solve a
friendship problem,
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our cutie marks are
supposed to glow.
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Aww, don't be
disappointed, Puddin'.
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Your papa will work
this out for ya.
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[sigh] My papa wasn't called by the
map in Twilight's castle; I was.
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How are you going to explain
this to the princess?
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What's your plan if she fires
you from friendship quests?
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Mom!
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She doesn't...
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It's not...
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Use your words, Sunburst.
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I guess you two
weren't the problem
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we were sent to
solve, after all.
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00:11:00,827 --> 00:11:03,395
So now you don't even
know why you're here?
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00:11:03,997 --> 00:11:06,698
We have to figure this out
before we run out of time!
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[sigh] Mom. There
isn't a time limit.
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00:11:10,503 --> 00:11:12,904
So you're here for
an extra-long visit?
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00:11:14,090 --> 00:11:16,273
You can stay in your
old room, Punkie-Wunk.
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It's just like you left it!
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[softly] We need to find this
friendship problem... now!
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Now, I know you have
your little job to do,
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but Stellar and I know the
town a lot better than you two.
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That's right.
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Neither of you have
been home in ages.
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You're going to need
our help to succeed.
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I guess that
makes sense...
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I already have
some ideas.
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Me too!
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I think I liked it better
when they were fighting.
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OK.
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Now that I've explained how
Sires Hollow was founded,
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we can start to explore all the
possible friendship problems
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that might have
developed over time.
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00:12:08,361 --> 00:12:10,695
I appreciate the
history lesson, Dad,
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00:12:10,897 --> 00:12:13,231
but I need to find
the problem now...
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00:12:13,533 --> 00:12:14,365
in the present.
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00:12:14,467 --> 00:12:17,502
Aw, now Hon-Bun, how
are you gonna do that
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without all the
backstory, huh?
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00:12:21,741 --> 00:12:24,309
Oh, of course I know
how hard it is for you
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to sit still and focus, so...
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00:12:27,213 --> 00:12:30,715
Would it help you pay attention
to hold on to your bwankie?
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00:12:37,323 --> 00:12:39,224
Now you've had a little
setback, but don't worry.
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I know exactly what
you need to do.
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Make a plan?
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00:12:42,695 --> 00:12:44,096
Already got one.
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Step one: interview
the suspects.
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Step two: use your talents
to solve the issue.
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Step three: get the
Princess of Friendship
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to send you on
more missions!
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Mom! IT DOES NOT
WORK LIKE THAT.
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Uh-huh!
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AHEM.
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00:13:07,620 --> 00:13:11,189
[acting]
Oh, thank goodness you are here.
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00:13:11,291 --> 00:13:15,126
These two ponies refuse
to use my essences.
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00:13:16,930 --> 00:13:20,131
Maybe because we don't like
to cover our natural scent.
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AHEM!
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00:13:27,508 --> 00:13:31,776
And she refuses
to buy our books.
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[all together]
Surely this is a
friendship problem.
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It needs to be a real
friendship problem!
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You can't just make one up!
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URGH!
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This is what happens
when we don't rehearse!
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UGH.
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Starlight?
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00:13:53,233 --> 00:13:54,299
Sweetie?
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I found a really old town
bylaw that nopony agrees on.
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Apparently, we're not
supposed to prance
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or canter after dinnertime.
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00:14:03,176 --> 00:14:05,710
Could that be the problem?
Sillyfilly?
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00:14:07,980 --> 00:14:08,980
Phew.
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00:14:10,617 --> 00:14:11,683
What are you doing?
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[sigh] Hiding from my mother.
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She started making up friendship
problems for me to solve.
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00:14:17,257 --> 00:14:20,124
Oh.. My dad won't even let
me talk to anypony,
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in case they're "strangers."
I'm A GROWN MARE!
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00:14:25,615 --> 00:14:27,498
We're never going to find
the friendship problem
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with them around,
let alone solve it.
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00:14:31,137 --> 00:14:34,605
Maybe you two should start
looking for it on your own?
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00:14:41,714 --> 00:14:45,515
OK, so we wanted to talk to all
of you, you know, in private.
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Just to see if there were
issues any of you had
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with your friends.
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00:14:49,689 --> 00:14:50,288
Got it.
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00:14:50,790 --> 00:14:52,390
Just one question.
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00:14:52,592 --> 00:14:54,258
Why are we whispering?
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00:14:56,763 --> 00:14:58,529
They're avoiding their parents.
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00:14:58,731 --> 00:14:59,764
Ohhh!
255
00:15:01,868 --> 00:15:03,334
No. Not avoiding.
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00:15:03,436 --> 00:15:05,103
Just.. taking a break.
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00:15:05,305 --> 00:15:06,039
Yeah...
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00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:09,874
We needed to focus, but we're
definitely not avoiding them.
259
00:15:12,011 --> 00:15:14,145
So you're whispering
with all of us
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in the darkest corner
of the shop,
261
00:15:16,049 --> 00:15:18,016
where nopony can
possibly see
262
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because you're
not avoiding them?
263
00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:22,187
Mm-hmm!
264
00:15:22,589 --> 00:15:24,956
Er.. but they definitely can't
hear us in here, right?
265
00:15:25,358 --> 00:15:26,291
No way!
266
00:15:26,392 --> 00:15:28,125
This is the
antiquities section.
267
00:15:28,228 --> 00:15:30,495
Nopony ever comes
back here.
268
00:15:31,164 --> 00:15:32,931
Firelight: There you are!
269
00:15:34,034 --> 00:15:35,666
But what are you doing in here?
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[gasp] Is the
friendship problem
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in my favorite section
of the book store?
272
00:15:45,345 --> 00:15:47,612
...and then I
thought the best way
273
00:15:47,714 --> 00:15:50,114
to look for a friendship
problem in the present...
274
00:15:50,416 --> 00:15:51,167
Dad!
275
00:15:51,268 --> 00:15:55,319
...was to look back in our
town history even farther!
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Stellar Flare: Sunburst!
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Oh. Finally.
278
00:16:00,026 --> 00:16:03,193
Now, I know you don't want
me to "make up" a problem,
279
00:16:03,296 --> 00:16:05,063
but what if I START one?
280
00:16:06,032 --> 00:16:07,399
That's not how this...
281
00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:10,067
I mean, no pony ever became
a success by following
282
00:16:10,170 --> 00:16:11,736
all the rules, right?
283
00:16:12,438 --> 00:16:13,637
How are things
on your end?
284
00:16:13,940 --> 00:16:15,139
Couldn't be better.
285
00:16:15,241 --> 00:16:16,807
New leads and such!
286
00:16:17,109 --> 00:16:17,977
Guys?
287
00:16:18,178 --> 00:16:21,346
We really are providing
excellent assistance, aren't we?
288
00:16:21,548 --> 00:16:22,332
Guys!
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00:16:22,533 --> 00:16:26,217
I dare say our children should
be grateful for our help.
290
00:16:26,519 --> 00:16:27,485
GUYS!
291
00:16:28,087 --> 00:16:30,321
Both: We don't WANT your HELP!
292
00:16:38,999 --> 00:16:42,033
I'm sorry, you
don't want our help?
293
00:16:42,135 --> 00:16:44,635
[laugh] That's--that's
ridiculous.
294
00:16:44,737 --> 00:16:47,772
What reason could you
possibly have for that?
295
00:16:47,874 --> 00:16:50,442
BECAUSE YOU'RE DRIVING US CRAZY!
296
00:16:51,544 --> 00:16:52,577
Oh, really?
297
00:16:52,679 --> 00:16:55,046
And just how am I
driving you crazy?
298
00:16:55,748 --> 00:16:57,882
By always coming up with plans!
299
00:16:58,084 --> 00:17:00,051
I don't need a plan!
300
00:17:00,153 --> 00:17:04,756
I mean, maybe I do, but
it'll be mine, not yours!
301
00:17:05,758 --> 00:17:09,260
Well, I'm sorry
for trying to help!
302
00:17:12,398 --> 00:17:14,098
And you're not any better.
303
00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:16,167
I'm not a filly.
304
00:17:16,269 --> 00:17:20,571
I'm a grown pony with a job to
do and I'll do it on my own.
305
00:17:22,342 --> 00:17:24,742
Well, I'll let you
get to it, then.
306
00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:28,614
Great...
307
00:17:28,715 --> 00:17:30,849
Now we have to smooth things
over with our parents
308
00:17:30,950 --> 00:17:33,784
on top of finding and solving
a friendship problem.
309
00:17:34,487 --> 00:17:37,255
It's almost like our
relationship with our parents
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is the friendship problem.
311
00:17:39,059 --> 00:17:41,025
You don't think
that's it, do you?
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00:17:41,227 --> 00:17:42,227
Ahem.
313
00:17:42,629 --> 00:17:44,062
That's what all
of us think.
314
00:17:45,197 --> 00:17:46,464
Agh!
315
00:17:48,051 --> 00:17:51,935
Why couldn't we have been sent
to stop a war or something?
316
00:17:58,244 --> 00:17:59,044
Dad?
317
00:17:59,846 --> 00:18:02,146
Hello, Ms. Glimmer.
318
00:18:02,248 --> 00:18:04,148
How is your friendship
problem search going?
319
00:18:04,250 --> 00:18:06,350
I only ask as an
interested observer,
320
00:18:06,452 --> 00:18:08,486
since I know you are an
adult who's capable
321
00:18:08,588 --> 00:18:11,522
of doing things without
help from anypony else.
322
00:18:12,659 --> 00:18:17,262
Actually, I think Sunburst
and I figured out what it is.
323
00:18:18,064 --> 00:18:21,632
So, Stellar and I weren't
really helpful after all.
324
00:18:22,234 --> 00:18:24,835
Well, we haven't
actually solved it.
325
00:18:25,037 --> 00:18:26,637
And I don't think we can.
326
00:18:26,939 --> 00:18:28,272
Not without you.
327
00:18:36,983 --> 00:18:37,917
Pungent!
328
00:18:39,319 --> 00:18:42,153
Oh, did you come by
to be driven crazy
329
00:18:42,255 --> 00:18:44,589
by more of your mother's plans?
330
00:18:45,191 --> 00:18:47,125
No, I came to apologize.
331
00:18:48,227 --> 00:18:50,895
Well, it's going to take
more than an apology
332
00:18:50,997 --> 00:18:53,397
to make up for telling me
you don't want my help
333
00:18:53,499 --> 00:18:55,266
finding your friendship problem.
334
00:18:55,768 --> 00:18:57,235
Oh, I'm not sorry for that.
335
00:18:57,336 --> 00:18:59,303
Starlight and I already figured
out what the problem is.
336
00:19:00,206 --> 00:19:01,772
This is a terrible apology.
337
00:19:03,242 --> 00:19:05,543
Well, if you come with
me and help fix it,
338
00:19:05,745 --> 00:19:07,011
I'll give you a better one.
339
00:19:10,016 --> 00:19:12,583
Usually, Twilight or one of
our other friends gets called
340
00:19:12,685 --> 00:19:15,519
to a place with a
friendship problem to fix.
341
00:19:15,621 --> 00:19:17,722
But Starlight and I
realized we came here
342
00:19:17,824 --> 00:19:20,591
to fix a friendship
problem we already had.
343
00:19:20,993 --> 00:19:23,661
I'm sorry I've been
avoiding coming home, Dad,
344
00:19:23,763 --> 00:19:26,565
but you can't keep
treating me like a foal.
345
00:19:27,367 --> 00:19:29,300
I'm sorry, Sugarbun!
346
00:19:31,971 --> 00:19:35,273
I just know how hard things
were for you when you left home.
347
00:19:35,475 --> 00:19:40,245
I guess I wanted you to feel
safe, like when you were young.
348
00:19:40,847 --> 00:19:42,780
Dad, I know I've
made some mistakes,
349
00:19:42,882 --> 00:19:44,715
and I'll probably
make a bunch more,
350
00:19:45,017 --> 00:19:46,551
but I learn from them.
351
00:19:46,753 --> 00:19:48,786
I think that's
what growing up is.
352
00:19:51,491 --> 00:19:54,558
I'm sorry I never told you how
much your plans bothered me,
353
00:19:54,660 --> 00:19:56,561
and I know you just
want me to succeed,
354
00:19:57,163 --> 00:19:58,863
but I need to do
that on my own.
355
00:19:59,465 --> 00:20:00,998
I remember how
lost you were
356
00:20:01,100 --> 00:20:03,534
when you flunked out
of magic school.
357
00:20:03,936 --> 00:20:06,003
I thought as long
as you had a plan,
358
00:20:06,105 --> 00:20:07,639
you'd never feel
that way again.
359
00:20:08,341 --> 00:20:09,774
You don't have to worry, Mom.
360
00:20:09,876 --> 00:20:11,609
I need to find my own way,
361
00:20:11,711 --> 00:20:14,245
but I definitely don't
feel lost anymore.
362
00:20:26,692 --> 00:20:28,860
It's so beautiful!
363
00:20:30,997 --> 00:20:34,665
The glowing cutie mark is such
a symbol of accomplishment.
364
00:20:34,967 --> 00:20:36,534
I don't suppose
there's a way for you
365
00:20:36,636 --> 00:20:38,469
to get it to glow all the time.
366
00:20:39,305 --> 00:20:41,906
Heh heh. Pretty sure it
doesn't work that way.
367
00:20:42,008 --> 00:20:44,008
Not unless we solved a
friendship problem every few
368
00:20:44,110 --> 00:20:48,246
seconds, and I kinda hope this
one will be it for a while.
369
00:20:48,648 --> 00:20:51,916
You know, it seems to me your
map is saying we're not just
370
00:20:52,018 --> 00:20:55,754
your parents; we're
your friends too.
371
00:20:56,456 --> 00:20:57,689
I guess so.
372
00:20:58,191 --> 00:21:01,425
So, if I promise to treat you
less like a little filly
373
00:21:01,527 --> 00:21:04,228
and more like a friend,
will you visit more?
374
00:21:04,930 --> 00:21:06,397
Absolutely.
375
00:21:09,001 --> 00:21:11,369
And if you start to
drive me crazy again,
376
00:21:11,471 --> 00:21:13,871
I'll tell you instead
of never coming home.
377
00:21:14,474 --> 00:21:17,041
That's lovely of you to
say, dear, but you know,
378
00:21:17,143 --> 00:21:18,777
I can always visit you.
379
00:21:19,479 --> 00:21:21,211
Stellar, you're a genius!
380
00:21:21,313 --> 00:21:22,347
Ha ha ha!
381
00:21:22,448 --> 00:21:24,282
How do you feel
about a road trip?
382
00:21:24,584 --> 00:21:26,918
I might have a few
plans for that.