"No, no, of course not." 'Kinda, sorta, actually' "It is just to emphasise my point, for in our lands, if thou art not a human, then thou art an animal, because there is nought else." 'Also I am not getting into the hornet's nest of explaining our horses to you. Because that was not going to be fun poker conversation.' "When I arrived in Equestria, I was shocked, literally shocked to find other creatures that could talk, let alone, well, run a kingdom. It was strange and alien. Imagine how more shocked I was to learn there were many other races. Ponies, griffons, diamond dogs, dragons, minotaurs, deer... Dost thou think it unreasonable I should be reluctant to consider persons of another species in such light? Even if I see if some of them have little problem with such?"