"In your words, we're fucked. At least, the part of you that worries about the ponies in Canterlot," Chitin answered, almost making you giggle. You'd never heard him curse before, even if it was in someone else's voice. "While I'm truly astounded by this, we shouldn't worry too terribly much. The dragons have already stopped once for a scheduled break. Take the breaks into account, along with the slow pace, and the overall distance to Canterlot and it'll take weeks to arrive, even if we run into no trouble. Apocrita will have emerged by that point," the elite imitator pointed out.