His crooked-toothed grin grew even wider. "Because now we Children are welcome on the home-world, in Equestria, at least to visit. Any pregnant mare who is at risk of giving birth during an eclipse is sent away to the Rookery under Canterlot, safe from the threat lunar." The Balladeer threw his head back in laughter, and even Aldonza tittered happily beside him. "In less than sixty jears, there will be no more of our kind! And we are glad to see the end of it."