“I am already in employment,” Handy admitted. “Escorting my charges to their destination. I am sorry, but who exactly are you two?” he decided to ask, challenge in his voice.  He didn’t like this. He had a poor opinion of the guards he had seen of Equestria. These two, however, were… different. They seemed more confident, competent. He saw the mare casually place her hooves on the table between the three of them. She was wearing horseshoes that covered her up to her fetlocks. They had two sharp-looking blades on each hoof, barely poking out. He also tasted ionization on the air, as if some electrical force were running openly across exposed wires, but he had seen no evidence of such a thing during his entire stay on the train. And it felt like it was coming from the white, stony-faced pegasus.