        Collectively, they had been a friendly bunch, although she supposed she should have expected nothing less.  Their advice, however, had been much less useful.  Each one of them could expound in depth about the particular culture with which they interacted, but none of them had the slightest clue about how to approach a previously unknown race.  The closest she came was with Sheriff Silverstar, who happened to be visiting Canterlot personally to make an appeal for a second Appleoosan deputy.  The town had been growing since the accord with the Buffalo.