"Nearly two thousand years ago, in an entirely different nation called China, there they created Fireworks. Without those, we would never have seen the stars, all caused by chain reactions of inventions, new ideas, new dreams, passed on to the next generation; passing the torch. So... maybe give me a little leeway, in that I might be able to understand what causes you sorrow?" He surmises, smiling softly at the big, white pony.