It was like being a filly again. All these new books about humans, new things that Lyra had never seen before. The political systems of humans were described in more detail here than she’d seen before. Most of them were monarchies, similar to what Equestria had, but human kings and queens didn’t have any magic power. They were so much closer to the common people that way. And they wouldn’t live forever. The power would pass through each generation of sons or daughters, so it was in constant shift.