“We have another two months before he’s repurposed enough of the local administration that the ponies will start working against us,” Qingzhi said, as though remarking on something as dull as the weather. “There are already collaborators, but it will take more time to completely control the government. A more immediate concern is seeing to the needs of those who have already escaped from the Storm King’s control. The pegasus city of Cloudsdale, the Solar Fleet—these forces will rapidly decay as time progresses. Their infrastructure is destroyed and they are being hunted at every turn. We must locate them as soon as possible if we want them to be of any use.”