The creature inside was far smaller than what she’d been expecting. Quite like the other monsters, but somehow stunted at the same time. He was shorter than a pony, without the bulky muscles and with most of the fur shaved back. She’d never been this close to one of them and not killed them. The climate that brought a slight chill to the non-earth ponies who lived here seemed a welcome relief to him, and he lounged in a large chair behind the desk as though he barely saw her.