Unusually stern, the Engineer Royal looked her in the eyes. "I've seen the casualty numbers from Equestria's recent conflicts. The Crystal Empire Crisis. The Changeling invasion. Nightmare Moon's return. Internal troubles, scuffles with minotaurs, dragons, yaks, and others, on and off. At their worst there have been thousands injured, hundreds killed, fortresses wrecked, towns set aflame..." He shook his head. "Maybe I look like a pacifist to you. But you'd look like one too, if you'd come here from a planet with a history of violence orders of magnitude greater than anything Equestria has ever experienced. This world's weapons of war are like children's toys compared to what my people have wrought."