Princess Luna almost seemed to see her thoughts, because only then did she relax. “For what it’s worth, I’m sorry you failed. My sister has kept Equestria safe for many years… but I was never so convinced that what we did on the surface didn’t matter. We never really killed anypony. The ones we fought could actually have ended all that the ancients built.” She shrugged. “No matter how many times she said that, she would never come here to give absolution to the dead. She never saw their loss at being separated from the ones they loved. And why? Because of a quarantine meant to protect us from an enemy that’s all ashes.”