"Good," the unicorn said, though her condescending tone hadn't changed. "Dodge City has been reporting strange things for the last several years. The thefts of small objects, unexplainable sights in the night, and six months ago, the..." she shook her head. "I'm not at liberty to say. Let me just say that ponies died, Miss Lightning Dust. Many others got sick, and to my knowledge they are still sick." she pointed with one hoof at the object. "This... device... is just like the ones that we discovered... in relation to one of the previous incidents. The only means we have found to prevent injury is to encase these objects in lead and leave them far away from ponies. When I bring this back, the princess of Friendship herself is likely to get involved. Do you know how serious that is, Lightning Dust?"