“Yeah, I’m going to have to pass on that,” I said. Even if she wasn’t looking at me so distraught, I would have explained, “You might not know since I rarely get out of my room, but many ponies don’t receive me as well as you do. To them, I’m this big scary monstrous alien. Even here at the Castle, it took weeks for all the staff to get used to me. I don’t think it’s a good idea to show up unannounced, during a celebration of all things, at a town that’s never even heard of me, Twi.”