1) Kinda tired. Been having a few nightmares lately.

2) Anypony that lives through extreme trauma is stronger for it. If not physically, they have a stronger will. But they don’t become brilliant. They don’t become inventors. If they become artisans, they don’t advance their field. Our brains don’t… work right anymore. And that’s only if they survive.

As for governmental collapse, I don’t know what you’ve got to prove, but it’s irrelevant. If you’re right, the best you can do is say “I told you so.” If I’m right, neither of us would ever see proof. And none of that changes how Equestria operates.

This whole thing is just “Hey! I want to argue with Lyra!”

3) Please no. How about the Stallion’s Rights Movement? I mean- I don’t want to talk about it. Ponies always get into big arguments over it, but I really don’t want to talk about my butt.

4) *Turns this into a good question*

Oop, that didn’t work either.

5) Well, yeah. You don’t want to sit or lie in somepony else’s sweat. And you don’t want to leave your bother own behind either. It makes it smell bad.

But there’s some things on television worth watching.

6) There’s only one pony that should be concerned with that, and he’s a bear.

But if it helps you lay your intrusive little head down and sleep better tonight, that attempt at offering aid sparked Boscov’s and my first real fight.

And I lost.

Badly…