Later, in smaller company, talk did eventually turn to her spellbinders -- she’d left the E-collar at home, given it being 'optional' after all. With the right crowd of noblepony officers sitting around the table, she’d earned just as much acclaim for what transpired during the war as for what she’d done to Kilfeather, who was variously addressed as 'that villainous rapscallion', 'that churlish upstart', and 'that tactless knave'. 