Luna paused for effect, "Success did not come without a price, however; for as long as the machine was required, the volunteers would remain trapped within, their minds lingering in it's arcane pathways until the day I would return and take the burden of the moon upon my shoulders once again. In a few months, maybe a year, I believe I would've recovered enough that the machine would no longer be needed. At that point, Celestia would've activated the in-built release, and set the volunteers free upon Equestria's soil as heroes. Did you know she's been planning housing for them for years? A celebration too. Honor-ceremonies for each and every one."