But Twilight’s seemingly naive question was the catalyst that finished off the Sparkles. It’s as if she ripped the world’s most painful band-aid. Shining lowered his neck, Cadance visibly cringed, her dad sagged a bit, and her mother, her poor poor sweet mother, well, after blinking out of stupor three or four times, she melted into Night Light’s back, unable to do anything else but to cry some more.