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>Sky Squall is the next to speak up.
>"Mind if I come with you? I want to see what's happening."
>The Unicorn hesitates.
>"You... won't understand much of the examination process. Without... a horn."
>The Pegasus blinks.
>"Can you describe to me what you find while you do it though?"
>The Unicorn does not answer immediately.
>There is a small gap in between.
>"I can... certainly try. But that... depends on the result."
>Sky Squall shrugs.
>"Good enough. Lead the way, Styg."
>The scribe nods and turns around to trot off.
>Sky Squall follows him soon thereafter, but not without giving #deca.mare and you a departing salute first.
>"See you soon."
>After that, he is gone.
>To follow the trail of your blood, so to speak.
>#deca.mare and you are left alone once more, secluded in the relative privacy of the open field.
>Which suits you quite well.
>Because there is something you need to address now.
"You didn't tell me he's here."
>#deca.mare does not even attempt to feign that she does not know what you are referring to.
>"He reached the camp last night with a small group of Unicorn scholars. It was an uneventful arrival."
>So #deca.mare did not want you to lose any sleep over it.
"And why is he here?"
>"To study the events and to make records for future historic references. Like most of his peers."
>You take a strained breath, and #deca.mare immediately realises what you think of.
>It is rather obvious, after all.
>Even without relying on your bond.
>"Anon, keep this vision at bay. We are not there yet."
>You nod.
"I know. I just... wasn't prepared to see him this... suddenly. And this young."
>And knowing precisely what is going to happen to him does not exactly help to make that encounter any more pleasant either, as you add to your thoughts in silence.
>#deca.mare registers your notion all the same though.
>She sighs.
>"Yes, I understand what you mean. This... situation is not easy to digest."
>A pause.
>"But remember how this story ended eventually. Or will have ended, if you will."
>You blink.
"Sure. Happy end and all that."
>You pause as well.
"More than a millennium into the future."
>Even thinking about that does not sit well with you.
>Plus, he is not the only pony in this camp who is fated to live through such a thing.
>You look at the two departing stallions.
>The still low sun of the dawn elongates their shadows to a considerable degree.
>And for the fraction of a second, you feel like they are trying to reach for you.
>You shake your head and look to the side.
"I dread the day when we tell them the full truth, #deca."
>You sigh.
"Sky can be a boisterous pain in the neck sometimes, but he's a fine guy. Luna, Stygian, and all the others too."
>#deca.mare nods in silence.
"I'd hate to lose their friendship one day. Or worse, to see them hate us for our... deception."
>She answers swiftly.
>"This depends wholly on us, Anon. And on what we have done until that day has arrived."
>She pauses.

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