Bright Star shifted on her hooves. She didn’t want to leave the university behind, either, but she still remembered the excitement of her past self as a young mare travelling to the furthest ends of Equestria, bags full of new medicines and head full of hopes for changing lives. That fire had faded to the barest ember, but it was still there. “Princess Celestia told us to,” she reminded them. “Perhaps it will not be all bad. How often does one get the chance to observe a new species?”