Sergeant Ebonshield's leathery bat-wing, draped reassuringly over Artemis’ withers as she led the pegasus along, did help a bit. It let her know that the batpony wasn’t just going to leave her out to soak in the torrential downpour she’d caused. But the setup must look a bit silly to anyone who watched them go by, with the batpony being an inch shorter than Artemis in the shoulders, and considerably more slenderly-built.