1) While certainly a valid excuse now, griffons have been hating us since long before the fact.

I don’t personally know much about griffon culture. Gilda never talked about it much, but it didn’t sound so different. I’m sure there are ponies that do, though.

2) Well… There is a certain merit to the notion. Redirecting conversations is context sensitive. If you miss the opportunity you may not get the chance to ask about something. It’s just completely impossible to implement that notion properly in a video game. You’d have to be able to translate the available options to the player, in all their complexity, at the speed of thought. That’s why games like that needed to be made. To prove this [omitted] can’t be done.

And that’s why conversation trees are still the standard. They don’t make the most sense, but they’re intuitive. Such is the limitation of video games as a medium; just as all mediums have limitations.

3) It’s selfish, is what it is. But we all have to be selfish to some extent. When all you do is worry about other pony’s problems, you’re only being selfless. And if all you can be is selfless, then you are left without a self.

4) Wow. What an [omitted]. Uninvited.

5) No more busy than when I was working last year. I haven’t even worked in over a week; they hired somepony else as full-time. Just… A little less motivated, I guess.