“You, on the other hand, I thought I could work with. You clearly do not have the same duties and responsibilities as your elders, and thus not the same pressures. You walk with common folk and have ponies of different ranks and sensibilities as your closest confidants. You are relatively distant from whatever local nobility inhabites this part of Equestria. I figured I could trust your word on its face without having to know you first.” He cradled the casket in his arm, ensuring it was tightly gripped in his magic as well. “And now I have learned you are willing to lie to your closest friends and elders, for the sake of a stranger and your own selfish curiosity.”