"Not real? Oh, child. This place is real. It is as real as the void ever gets." He paused, a thoughtful look in his eye. "She needed help, you say? All things need help, child. All things. Your shadows plague you, your own demons lurk inside. The…" He smiled, his eyes looking distant, almost like Spike's when he thought of Rarity. "The midnight one is filled with them, as is the creature of light. They avoid me, but yet they carry so much. I would like to ask them whether it's truly worth it. It has been far too long."