For the first time in your life you see a tear leave your friend’s eye. It blazes a dark blue trail through her fur and falls from her chin, landing audibly on the cold cobblestone. Your heart falls with it. Her voice comes out in a broken sob, “I-It would be *hic good to f-f-find another m-mare *sniff s-since I’ll be gone a lot an-*hic s-so you won’t be all alone all the-e time!” 