“Yep.” You comply and start stroking the back of her mane. In all the feelings rattling around in your chest—of which your throbbing shoulder was one—the most powerful by far is happiness. The blue pegasus clinging to you had managed to bring you a special brand of unbridled joy that hadn’t existed in your heart since you were a young boy. Back when you didn’t have to pay bills or care about what people thought; it feels like you didn’t have a care in the world to weigh you down. It feels like freedom.