I appreciated her sense of strategy. Celestia had helped me acclimate to Equestria, and I felt indebted to her in some respect, so I did as she asked, mostly. My resistance to her early rising schedule was a battle I'd fought, and was losing. At this point, I only offered up token resistance. I was a free man! No monarch ruled me! Though, as far as monarchs went, Celestia seemed to be a paragon of the species. She reminded me of a Queen we had back home.