“Well, of course. It’s the traditional length of an embassy posting.” Celestia looked at him slyly. “The time will just fly by. There’s so many things to do there—the Running of the Leaves is coming up, you know. I bet they’d want to compete—as guests of honor, of course—and it would be so wonderful to see them running alongside all the earth ponies. I have no doubt that you’ll want to be right there with them—they encourage unicorns to participate.”