With a nod, Daniel followed the pair through the embassy lobby. Back home, the media liked to depict ponies as carefree, childlike beings. Like little children in pony costumes. As always, it was pure horseapples. Despite their appearance, ponies were as emotionally mature and diverse as humans; they could be saints, and they could be sinners. They could be heroes and they could be villains. They could be loyal friends…