'Gabriel' looked back at her with a smile as she scrabbled to gain purchase among so much information she didn't understand. "I especially loved it when you showed up, though, You were so honest and regal and funny and real. Not like Celestia at all." He leaned in and his smile turned to a conspiratory grin. "Just between you and me, she always seemed a little too stuck-up and stuffy," he said with a wink.