“Think about it! Ponies just assume Equestria’s the oldest thing ever, even though they know the tribes were separate. They act like Luna and Celestia have ruled everything even though you all know Luna hasn’t been helping for more than a few decades! Doesn’t that…” She hesitated. “Don’t you see? You’re lying to yourselves! You like ignoring things that you don’t like. Humans did that too—it was always easier to pretend the hard problems didn’t exist than to solve them. Keep pretending long enough, and you start believing your own lies.”