“It looks like they’ve completely taken over,” James was saying. “Equestria—that’s the horse country—was totally enslaved. Troops marching down the street… picture the worst war movie you ever saw, it was like that. As far as we know, it’s probably like that everywhere. I know there weren’t any other big civilizations, only Equestria and the little kingdoms on the periphery. So if Equestria is gone, then basically so is civilization.”