“Amongst many other things, Princess. Take your time.” Twilight sighed and walked off towards Spike. He watched as she parted the dragon from the group to talk to him off on their own. The ponies alternated between looking over at Handy and Twilight while speculating amongst themselves. He briefly wondered how she was going to spin this to her friends if she agreed to it, but then, he didn’t much care, did he? If she refused, what of it? Then he didn’t have to go into a pit of murder lizards, all the while saving face and helping Gethrenia look good while Equestria looked bad.