“Friends, on behalf of all of us here in Griffonia, I am honoured to say it has been a pleasure to receive you with open wings, and we gratefully accept Equestria’s outstretched hoof of friendship,” King Johan said to the gathered crowd. Princess Twilight was standing on the stage beside him as he spoke, and a few of the photographers flashed their pieces as they snapped their frontpage picture for the printing presses. “And may we always enjoy as close and as open a relationship as we do now.”