As they stepped out into the open, being careful to stay in the shade offered by the hospital, Octavia had to remark that it was quiet. Rather than aggressively taking over Ponyville, the Mareitanians seemed to be segueing into it with no resistance at all. Even now there were no pegasi swooping through the air to drive the invaders off, or the dull boom of shields being struck, or anything to indicate that somepony objected to the Mareitanians being there.