“It’s rotten and unfair,” Pear finished. “There ain’t no reason anypony has to be dyin’ who don’t want to. This whole livin’ short thing was just a way to pass the time. Until…” She frowned, sharing a glance with her husband. But he shared her confusion. “Well, whatever it was. The thing we were hiding from. Until it left. It’s gone now, so Discord says. Burned itself right out. So there’s no reason we can’t be out there proper. Harmony don’t have to be afraid of us growin’ up too much and bringin’ back notice, because there ain’t nobody left to do the noticing. It’s safe.”