This isn’t the first time for me.

Never shattered a bone before, though.

I haven’t bathed in about forty hours. I’ve had cold sweats all last night and half of the day today.

So, not very.

My hair must look awful…

I know it sounds good on paper to just let her choose. But Sweetie Belle isn’t a dog or some other kind of pet. She isn’t just going to adapt to whatever her surroundings are.

Sweetie’s still young and inexperienced. She doesn’t necessarily know what’s best for her. She might know what she wants, but wants and needs almost never overlap.

Nevermind the mental trauma being forced to make such a decision would put on her. How do you choose between family and friend? How do you justify the… um… unavoidable? Unavoidable truth that in picking one, you deny the other?

Undeniable, that’s what I meant to say…

No. As callus as it sounds, she doesn’t need to be involved in this decision. She’s fragile and that’s not fair to make her choose.

All I can say, is that if Sweetie lives with me and Bon-Bon, I will make sure that Rarity is still a part of her life.

rarityreplies replied to your post: rarityreplies replied to your post: rarityreplies…

*The white unicorn makes eye contact..looks like she is about to break into tears* I’m not even sure if she loves me Lyra..What happened yesterday was all my fault..

How could it have been your fault? Rarity, you’ve been pretty out of it yourself these last few days. You can’t do everything.

I’ve got Bon-Bon to help me out. You’re pretty much on your own. You and Basil have some pretty… um… vast… uh… cultural differences to overcome. And not just between each other, but the entire town.

Yesterday was unfortunate, but it was a learning experience. For all of us. Sweetie tried to run away from her problems, and it didn’t help. It was scary, but we can be thankful that she wasn’t in any real danger.

And of course she loves you. That’s not even in question.

She’s obviously not happy with me..I think I’ve done too much damage to our relationship to salvage anything good for the future..*Averts eyes to the ground* Whenever I mention your name, she just gets so happy..

I have it easier than you do. You have to be a mother-figure and a sister.

Maybe this way you can just be a sister… She needs one.

*Opens the door and slowly trots to your side.After exchanging greetings..*I’ve made a rather difficult decision on my way here…I think it would be best if I you took care of Sweetie Belle from now on..*Sigh*I’m obviously not doing enough..

Are you sure…?

Bon-Bon can look after her until I get home in a day or two, if you’re positive.

ask-twilight replied to your post: Lyra? Sweetie Belle is currently at school,

You’re either bored or you’re still injured.

You’re either sarcastic or really dense…

Heh…

Okay.

I’ll try to stay awake and pay attention.

I’m not really in the best condition right now.

There’s no reason to.

As long as you don’t wake me up if I fall sleep, I won’t mind, though.

Gilda isn’t going to hit Rarity. She was scared for Sweetie Belle. It was just stressing her out.

This wasn’t Rarity’s fault. Not really. It was just a few events in Sweetie’s life that couldn’t have been… um… I can’t think of the word right now… Staged…? Let’s just say staged… Couldn’t have been staged any worse.

Try to look at yesterday as an isolated event; it could have just been a mistimed… um…

…

anomaly. That’s it.

Huh. You start awful fast, don'tcha?

No thank you.

Not as well as this guy… heh…

No.

Thank you, though…

I might just go back to sleep for a while…

I’m not joking, Mint…

I don’t mind taking money from a stranger, but I’m not taking it from a friend.

Batman… or some rich guy, gave me a bunch of money; more than three times enough to cover this.

I got this.

I must have got to this late…

To everypony else, the surgery already happened.

They did bring a surgeon in from Canterlot. They say we met and talked for a bit, but I don’t remember anything about him… or her…