"Neither do I." He was pretty sure it wasn't a lifetime thing. It probably had to do with the whims of the sitting President. That was another thing to consider—one he couldn’t predict. Going forward, he was going to have to explain that to Lyra. He wasn’t sure what kind of timeline the ponies were on, but if it took them more than a few months to figure this out, they might be negotiating with Romney instead of Obama. “Until they’re replaced, I guess.”