My carefully thought out response can be found through this link.

You “go straight” and walk comically into the wall in front of you. You continue to walk in place against the wall to look sort of robotic.
No one’s laughing. It might be serious time again. Whatever was making that buzzing might be dangerous. You could either go left, back, or maybe try listening again.
No.
Classy.
No.
And for anypony wondering, it could be poison if it was an overdose of the healthy minerals.
Hmm… That’s not a bad idea, I don’t guess…
I just don’t want her to be disappointed again.
This is one of many reasons why I like you, Lyra.
And for anypony interested, it was some gibberish about forcing a potion down my throat.
Asterisks are magic.
Yes, this is the internal dilemma I’m currently dealing with.
Thanks for that.
When you’re spending it with ponies you like?
You just sort of hang out with them and do whatever they’re doing. If they want to watch TV than you watch TV. If they want to go caroling, then you go caroling. Even if you ordinarily wouldn’t want to, it’s more enjoyable than normal.
It’s nice.
askclutch submitted:
Blah Blah Blah. When you submit something, I’m free to edit whatever you say, genius.
For her to enjoy seeing… Yeah, that sounds like something you’d do.
I suppose one of my few bits of luck in this life is that I’ve never had to spend Hearth’s Warming alone.
Not that I haven’t spent it with ponies I didn’t like before.
Even if each pillow was only one bit each, that’s still more than I’ve made in a year since I left Canterlot.
Today or tomorrow, hopefully.
It has lingering effects for weeks, though. This sickness does not go quietly into the night.
I like your boots!
That’s the worst present seeking advice I have ever seen.
To be fair, or unfair as the case may be, I reversed the last one in my answer.