The first ponies had shown up at the door just after Lyra had left.  Twilight came first—Diamond Mint let her in, and she folded an umbrella that was suspended in a glowing magenta field. Once she was inside, she undid the flap on her bag and pulled out a smaller bag with handles, which reminded Dale very much of a re-usable shopping bag, or the kind of tote bag his mother had taken with her when she shopped.  It had a embroidered image of a tree on one side, and a book on the other.