“Well.” He cleared his throat. “As you know, I'm the head of the magical studies department at Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns. Before I took the position, I worked for twenty years as a tenured professor in the Magical Studies department, in my free time closely studying Starswirl's body of work. My senior thesis was a study in the adaptation of Starswirl's theories of telekenetic spell efficiency, in which he codified the various methods used by different Unicorn Houses and then wrote a more efficient spell—one which is still used today. After that, I moved on to his treatise on hornwriting.  That—my admission paper to graduate studies—was published in the Bitish Journal of Applied Magic." He paused in thought.  "I was accepted to the graduate program, of course.  I began my studies on using thaumic differential potential as a means of long-distance communication.  Then—" 