'How did they even find me so quickly?' he thought to himself, spooking a pony that was pulling a cartload of rubbish as he rounded a corner, right before blinding him in the light of his armour. 'I get it’s been nearly a month, but the princesses should only have gotten word recently and then sent some of their soldiers. They shouldn't be here already if they were going to send anyone at all. Did they have standing orders or something?'