Each tier of the city was another reminder of Flurry Heart’s time in service to the Storm King—so many empty houses, their owners dragged off to work in any number of the Storm King’s mines. Would things have been different if I fought sooner? Could Equestria have rebelled without the humans’ help? Now she would never learn the answer. At least she didn’t have to wonder if they could fight with friends. She’d learned the answer to that long ago.