Before he could elaborate, she  interrupted. "Yes, there is, and it is for this reason that thou wert the ideal subject for what is, we must admit, an experiment of sorts...”  Once again, she scanned the room. “...Thou art unaware of the history  surrounding batponies. Even the members of thy retinue, I wager, know  only rumors and mythology, and the Royal Guard's orders enforcing their segregation from Equestrian society."