The bat grunted, shoving her gently away with one of his wings. But he didn’t actually argue. “Changelings are… from the same paradigm as the other equanoid races. But they weren’t ever meant to be… instanced.” He seemed to be struggling for words. Then he switched languages. Sarah couldn’t hear a difference, but Melody’s face changed, and that was enough of a clue. “Changelings were part of the infrastructure once. There are thousands of different designs stored away. But I think the ancients liked things to work together. If most of the people were ponies, then they wanted their… I guess you’d call them ‘drones.’ They wanted their drones to be ponies too.