Artemis had worked with the Royal Guard several times before. Some bounty hunters might sneer at her for taking an “easy” route, but when the Guard called on bounty hunters for help (wilderness tracking and navigation, in her case), the ponies they were tracking were more dangerous than the average. It was a simple arrangement: Artemis was placed as a tracker and guide in a squad of guardsponies. They gave her protection and she led them to their target. When the pony was captured, Artemis got a small portion, typically twenty percent or so, of the bounty (which was usually so large than twenty percent was still above average). The guards hunted down and jailed a dangerous pony down with minimal fuss, loss of life, or financial cost, while Artemis got paid well (enough). Easy. She was plenty used to guards by now.