She'd never truly felt this sensation, which Rarity — Zecora having found her fawning over her latest romantic pursuit — had described to her with the cryptic statement 'You'll know it when it happens', but after the day's events, Rarity's words made sense. The only reason it had taken Zecora so long to realize what she had been feeling was because of her isolation: the hike she'd taken was the first time she'd ever really left her forest 'for fun' and Macintosh was the first stallion she'd ever met in more than an impartial manner.