    Rarity only caught a glimpse of his maleness, and now not only was her dignity as a pony ruined, but also her honor and pride as a mare. He was a male. She only just assumed based on the sound of his voice, for it sounded like a stallion. Yet she still held onto that little inkling of doubt in the back of her mind that he was actually a she. He was a male surviving out here all on his own; protecting and saving her, a mare, from the beasts of the Everfree Forest. It was always a mare's job to protect the stallion.