Sarah opened her mouth to argue out of habit, but found she didn’t have any arguments. James had things even worse than she did, after all. He’d missed the chance to become a Citizen too, thanks to the social pressure of the changelings. Probably Pharynx saw this moment coming. He didn’t want to give us even more power we could’ve used against them. Two alicorns instead of one. But she hadn’t seen it then—she’d been taken in by the appearance of fairness in their mission. Of course, nothing bad would happen, because they had the facts on their side.