As the two walked down the hall, soldiers parted and saluted the Princess of the Night as she made her way through the excessively plush and beautiful ivory halls of the castle, moving up the tower. Golden rays of the noon sun leaked in through the tall windows, stained glass murals of heroes and heroins who served with the Guard, in the scientific community, and even well-known civilians recognized for their incredible contributions to society, such as the discovery of precision industrial-cut cloud from Cloudsdale engineer Diamond Edge, or the excessive contributions to medicine and the regeneration of pony flesh from reknowned doctor and Canterlotian 'miracle worker', Shining Mind.