Despite having twice entered into the home of the batponies who formed Canterlot's Night Guard, Artemis hadn't really drawn a mental association between the Rookery's black cloaked Star Phase warriors and the Palace's dusky and dark-armored nocturnal guardians. Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell had had a hoof in that mental disjunction, for sure. She wondered if there was a particular 'School' of Star-Phase batponies that provided most of the members for the overnight shift on the castle's defensive walls and gates, as well as night-fighting barrier combat air patrol above...