“Not adopting,” Dust corrected. “Just fostering. It’s not the same thing.” And it wasn’t. Equestria’s policies of adopting orphans were quite strict. Only couples were eligible, couples who had been together for at least two years and had lots of financial resources she did not. Lightning Dust might’ve got a parasprite up her flank into pursuing this crazy plan, but she wasn’t prepared to go that far. Besides, she didn’t like any mares or stallions enough to commit to that. And by the time I did, it’d be too late anyway.