For her part, Luna was watching over Equestria the way a ship's captain might watch the seas around her ship. She saw nothing of concern, yet she had a feeling that things were quickly coming to a head, and her senses were working overtime to determine what that threat might be. While Celestia may have had the advantage of knowing how ponies thought and acted, Luna had always been the better tactician. Well, almost always—her string of successes was marred with one humiliating defeat.