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♪♪
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[knocking]
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[door opens]
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♪♪
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[groan]
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[knocking]
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[pounding]
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Ahem. Morning, Sunburst.
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What? Oh. Hi!
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Heh heh.
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You know, no matter how
many times I read it,
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Houyhnhnm's Guide to Magical
Arcana never gets boring.
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If you say so.
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I've got another letter
for you from Sires Hollow.
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Mm-hmm. Sure thing.
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[slam]
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[groan]
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♪♪
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[thud]
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[quiet chirping]
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What's this?
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Could I be experiencing the
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Cerebration Transmogrification
Effect described in Chapter 17?
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[thud]
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[quiet chirping continues]
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Oh, my cutie mark is glowing.
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My cutie mark is glowing!
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I know what this means!
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Why am I yelling?
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♪ My little pony,
my little pony ♪
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♪ Aaaahhh ♪
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♪ My little Pony ♪
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♪ I used to wonder what
friendship could be. ♪
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♪ My Little Pony ♪
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♪ Until you all shared
its magic with me. ♪
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♪ Big adventure! ♪
♪ Tons of fun ♪
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♪ A beautiful heart! ♪ ♪
Faithful and strong! ♪
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♪ Sharing kindness ♪
♪ it's an easy feat ♪
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♪ And magic makes it
all complete! ♪
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♪ To have my little pony ♪
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♪ Do you know you're all
my very best friends? ♪
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♪♪
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Princess Twilight,
what an honor this is.
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I mean, it is, right?
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I'm called for a
friendship mission?
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You sure are.
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And it must be
a special one.
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Nopony outside of Ponyville
has ever been called before.
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If you need some
pointers, let me know.
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I've been on my fair
share of missions.
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You've been on
one, Spike.
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And that's my
fair share.
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Starlight!
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You mean we've
both been called?
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This is great!
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[not excited]
Yeah. Great.
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Aren't you excited?
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You and me!
On a mission!
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Together.
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[groan]
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I'm sorry, are you not excited
to go on a mission with me?
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No.
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No! I mean, yes.
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Totally excited about
us going together,
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just not so excited
about where.
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♪♪
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Sires Hollow?
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Yep. Home.
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Oh. Great.
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You know, I can go if
you two don't want to.
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I am kind of an expert.
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[groans]
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[chugging]
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[train whistle toots]
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[sigh]
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It's not that I don't
want to go home,
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it's just that whenever I do,
my dad treats me like a filly,
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like nothing's changed
since I was a foal.
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Huh.
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I know.
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I'm a horrible
daughter.
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No, no.
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My mom actually does
kind of the same thing.
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Really?
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I don't even have to go home.
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She sends me
letters constantly
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asking about my plans
for the future.
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"You're a grown-up pony,
Sunburst. You need a plan."
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[groan]
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I haven't been home
in a while either.
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Hm. We'll just have to
explain to our parents
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that we're on an important
friendship mission,
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so they can't bother us.
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Do you think
that will work?
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Nope!
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[squeaking brakes]
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[whistle blows]
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[sigh] The great
thing about home is
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it always stays
just how you left--
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[bang] OH!
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♪ [mysterious music] ♪
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Where did that come from?
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[squeak]
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[woman's voice over speaker]
Welcome to Sires Hollow.
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♪♪
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Essence?
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Essence of what?
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You tell me.
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[hiss]
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[coughing]
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What is it?
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Ah. Chocolate? Maybe?
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Not chocolate maybe.
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Chocolate definitely.
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And all of the benefits
with none of the drawbacks.
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Didn't this used to
be a fruit stand?
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I don't know what
it used to be.
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The Sires Hollow Development
Committee determined what it is.
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The Sires Hollow
Development what?
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Where do ponies buy fruit?
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You can get a fruit
smoothie two doors down.
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All the shops are different.
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Everything's changed!
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Not everything.
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That's the same as it ever was.
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♪♪
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Sorry, our bookstore's
been declared a
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"site of historical
significance"
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by the Sires Hollow
Preservation Society.
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You'll have to experience
the books from here.
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That's why windows
are see-through.
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[door closes]
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WHAT?
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Preservation Society?
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What is happening around here?
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I'll explain it to
you, Sugar-Plum.
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[laugh]
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You are just as
cutsie-wootsie as ever!
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Dad!
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Quit it!
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What is going on?
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Oh! Just a father wanting to
preserve our town's rich history
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for his little
Pumpkie-Wumpkin.
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[laugh]
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Dad. You promised no
pumpkie-wumpkins in public.
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[giggle]
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Sorry, Chipmunk Cheeks.
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Don't.
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You're preserving
the whole town?
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That's crazy.
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That's exactly
what I told him.
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I said, "Firelight,
you're crazy."
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Mom?
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Our village needs the
same thing you do, Sunburst:
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a clear plan
for the future.
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That's why I started the Sires
Hollow Development Committee.
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And I've got plans
for this little town.
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Big plans.
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Listen here, Stellar Flare; I'm
not going to let you
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turn our historical heritage
into Las Pegasus!
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And I'm not going to let
you turn it into a museum!
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[snarl]
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Wait.
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Are you two fighting over this?
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Like, having a
friendship problem?
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Oh, there's no problem.
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Because there is
no friendship.
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Well, the good news is
we know why we're here.
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[groan]
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Maybe we should have
sent Spike after all.
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[sigh]
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♪♪
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Sunburst and I were
called here to do a job
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and it looks like
you two are it.
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You mean your success
depends on us?
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Uh...
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And you have to hang out with
us the whole time you're here?
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Um...
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00:08:02,081 --> 00:08:04,216
Well, I'll hear what
you have to say,
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but every plan I've
made for this town
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is perfectly reasonable.
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Good luck convincing me
my preservations efforts
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don't make sense.
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[sighs]
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♪♪
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Welcome to Sires Hollow.
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♪♪
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So we can't hold the books?
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha. No.
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Can you hold the books?
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00:08:32,378 --> 00:08:33,845
No.
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So nopony can
read the books?
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Isn't she adorable?
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[laugh]
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Welcome to Sires Hollow.
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You can call them smells,
but I call them essence!
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[coughing]
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Fruity.
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00:09:04,743 --> 00:09:07,312
Too bad there's nowhere
to get actual fruit.
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00:09:07,379 --> 00:09:10,883
In the future, all ponies
will drink their fruit.
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00:09:12,985 --> 00:09:14,186
[coughing]
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[thud]
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One hundred percent
ancient pony grains.
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00:09:18,957 --> 00:09:21,060
Just like the town
founders ate.
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Hope you like crust!
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[thud]
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[squeak]
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Welcome to Sires Hollow.
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[squeak]
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00:09:32,638 --> 00:09:34,072
Welcome to Sires Hollow.
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[squeak]
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00:09:34,873 --> 00:09:36,241
Welcome to Sires Hollow.
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00:09:36,308 --> 00:09:36,975
[squeak]
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00:09:37,042 --> 00:09:39,177
Welcome to Sires Hollow.
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Welcome to--
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OK, it's annoying. I get it.
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00:09:45,317 --> 00:09:48,988
Maybe my preservation efforts
were a little over the top.
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00:09:49,188 --> 00:09:51,223
Oh no.
219
00:09:51,290 --> 00:09:54,226
And I might have been
trying to turn the town
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into a shopping mall.
221
00:09:56,228 --> 00:09:58,897
Well, whatever direction
the town takes, from now on
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how about we work
together on it?
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00:10:01,266 --> 00:10:03,235
Deal!
224
00:10:03,302 --> 00:10:06,204
Sunburst, you should
move closer to Ponyville.
225
00:10:06,271 --> 00:10:09,074
After this success, I'm sure
the Princess of Friendship
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00:10:09,141 --> 00:10:10,810
will want to send you
on more missions.
227
00:10:12,177 --> 00:10:14,146
That's not really
how it works.
228
00:10:14,213 --> 00:10:16,415
Oh, look at the time.
229
00:10:16,482 --> 00:10:18,150
We should get going,
now that we've solved
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00:10:18,217 --> 00:10:21,186
the friendship problem!
Right, Starlight?
231
00:10:21,253 --> 00:10:24,890
Yeah. The thing is, I don't
think we did solve it.
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00:10:24,957 --> 00:10:26,258
When we solve a
friendship problem,
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00:10:26,325 --> 00:10:28,360
our cutie marks are
supposed to glow.
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00:10:28,427 --> 00:10:31,263
Aww, don't be
disappointed, Puddin'.
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00:10:31,330 --> 00:10:33,666
Your papa will work
this out for ya.
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00:10:35,067 --> 00:10:40,005
My papa wasn't called by the
map in Twilight's castle; I was.
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00:10:40,072 --> 00:10:44,276
♪♪
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00:10:44,343 --> 00:10:46,712
How are you going to explain
this to the princess?
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00:10:46,779 --> 00:10:49,215
What's your plan if she fires
you from friendship quests?
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00:10:50,215 --> 00:10:50,782
Mom!
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00:10:50,849 --> 00:10:51,383
She doesn't...
242
00:10:51,450 --> 00:10:52,984
It's not...
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00:10:53,051 --> 00:10:54,920
Use your words, Sunburst.
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00:10:54,987 --> 00:10:57,022
[angry shriek]
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00:10:57,089 --> 00:10:58,423
I guess you two
weren't the problem
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00:10:58,490 --> 00:11:00,792
we were sent to
solve, after all.
247
00:11:00,859 --> 00:11:03,862
So now you don't even
know why you're here?
248
00:11:03,929 --> 00:11:06,465
We have to figure this out
before we run out of time!
249
00:11:06,532 --> 00:11:10,268
[sigh] Mom. There
isn't a time limit.
250
00:11:10,335 --> 00:11:12,871
So you're here for
an extra-long visit?
251
00:11:12,938 --> 00:11:13,972
[laugh]
252
00:11:14,039 --> 00:11:16,241
You can stay in your
old room, Punkie-Wunk.
253
00:11:16,308 --> 00:11:18,010
It's just like you left it!
254
00:11:20,946 --> 00:11:21,914
[zoom]
255
00:11:23,215 --> 00:11:26,184
[softly] We need to find this
friendship problem now.
256
00:11:26,251 --> 00:11:29,054
Now, I know you have
your little job to do,
257
00:11:29,121 --> 00:11:32,357
but Stellar and I know the
town a lot better than you two.
258
00:11:32,424 --> 00:11:33,525
That's right.
259
00:11:33,592 --> 00:11:36,194
Neither of you have
been home in ages.
260
00:11:36,261 --> 00:11:38,364
You're going to need
our help to succeed.
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00:11:40,199 --> 00:11:42,702
I guess that
makes sense.
262
00:11:43,001 --> 00:11:43,835
[laugh]
263
00:11:43,902 --> 00:11:45,504
I already have
some ideas.
264
00:11:45,571 --> 00:11:46,872
Me too!
265
00:11:48,106 --> 00:11:50,475
I think I liked it better
when they were fighting.
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00:11:50,542 --> 00:11:54,513
♪♪
267
00:11:54,580 --> 00:11:57,249
OK.
268
00:11:57,316 --> 00:12:00,185
Now that I've explained how
Sires Hollow was founded,
269
00:12:00,252 --> 00:12:03,488
we can start to explore all the
possible friendship problems
270
00:12:03,555 --> 00:12:05,791
that might have
developed over time.
271
00:12:08,293 --> 00:12:10,562
I appreciate the
history lesson, Dad,
272
00:12:10,629 --> 00:12:13,098
but I need to find
the problem now...
273
00:12:13,165 --> 00:12:14,432
in the present.
274
00:12:14,499 --> 00:12:17,469
Aw, now Hon-Bun, how
are you gonna do that
275
00:12:17,536 --> 00:12:19,805
without all the
backstory, huh?
276
00:12:21,573 --> 00:12:24,176
Oh, of course I know
how hard it is for you
277
00:12:24,243 --> 00:12:26,978
to sit still and focus, so...
278
00:12:27,045 --> 00:12:30,416
Would it help you pay attention
to hold on to your bwankie?
279
00:12:34,319 --> 00:12:36,088
[angry shudder]
280
00:12:37,155 --> 00:12:39,191
Now you've had a little
setback, but don't worry.
281
00:12:39,258 --> 00:12:41,226
I know exactly what
you need to do.
282
00:12:41,293 --> 00:12:42,360
Make a plan?
283
00:12:42,427 --> 00:12:44,563
Already got one.
284
00:12:44,630 --> 00:12:47,065
Step one: interview
the suspects.
285
00:12:47,132 --> 00:12:50,035
Step two: use your talents
to solve the issue.
286
00:12:50,102 --> 00:12:52,237
Step three: get the
Princess of Friendship
287
00:12:52,304 --> 00:12:54,340
to send you on
more missions!
288
00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:58,610
Mom! IT DOES NOT
WORK LIKE THAT.
289
00:12:58,677 --> 00:12:59,611
Uh-huh!
290
00:12:59,678 --> 00:13:04,282
♪♪
291
00:13:04,349 --> 00:13:05,617
AHEM.
292
00:13:05,684 --> 00:13:07,085
[obviously rehearsed]
293
00:13:07,152 --> 00:13:11,056
Oh, thank goodness you are here.
294
00:13:11,123 --> 00:13:15,127
These two ponies refuse
to use my essences.
295
00:13:16,962 --> 00:13:20,032
Maybe because we don't like
to cover our natural scent.
296
00:13:20,599 --> 00:13:21,801
AHEM!
297
00:13:25,137 --> 00:13:25,637
[grunt]
298
00:13:25,704 --> 00:13:26,404
[grunt]
299
00:13:26,471 --> 00:13:27,439
[sigh]
300
00:13:27,505 --> 00:13:31,877
And she refuses
to buy our books.
301
00:13:32,511 --> 00:13:35,981
Surely this is a
friendship problem.
302
00:13:38,517 --> 00:13:41,253
It needs to be a real
friendship problem.
303
00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:42,921
You can't just make one up!
304
00:13:42,988 --> 00:13:43,989
URGH!
305
00:13:45,624 --> 00:13:48,193
This is what happens
when we don't rehearse!
306
00:13:48,260 --> 00:13:49,128
UGH.
307
00:13:51,630 --> 00:13:52,898
Starlight?
308
00:13:52,965 --> 00:13:55,066
Sweetie?
309
00:13:55,133 --> 00:13:58,536
I found a really old town
bylaw that nopony agrees on.
310
00:13:58,603 --> 00:14:01,273
Apparently, we're not
supposed to prance
311
00:14:01,340 --> 00:14:03,041
or canter after dinnertime.
312
00:14:03,108 --> 00:14:05,511
Could that be the problem?
Sillyfilly?
313
00:14:07,612 --> 00:14:08,981
Phew.
314
00:14:10,349 --> 00:14:12,050
What are you doing?
315
00:14:12,117 --> 00:14:13,652
Hiding from my mother.
316
00:14:13,719 --> 00:14:16,922
She started making up friendship
problems for me to solve.
317
00:14:17,589 --> 00:14:20,191
My dad won't even let
me talk to anypony,
318
00:14:20,258 --> 00:14:24,396
in case they're "strangers."
I'm A GROWN MARE!
319
00:14:24,463 --> 00:14:25,597
[sigh]
320
00:14:25,664 --> 00:14:27,365
We're never going to find
the friendship problem
321
00:14:27,432 --> 00:14:31,002
with them around,
let alone solve it.
322
00:14:31,069 --> 00:14:34,206
Maybe you two should start
looking for it on your own?
323
00:14:39,544 --> 00:14:41,045
[click]
324
00:14:41,112 --> 00:14:45,483
OK, so we wanted to talk to all
of you, you know, in private.
325
00:14:45,550 --> 00:14:47,619
Just to see if there were
issues any of you had
326
00:14:47,686 --> 00:14:49,254
with your friends.
327
00:14:49,321 --> 00:14:50,455
Got it.
328
00:14:50,522 --> 00:14:52,257
Just one question.
329
00:14:52,324 --> 00:14:54,059
Why are we whispering?
330
00:14:56,495 --> 00:14:58,496
They're avoiding their parents.
331
00:14:58,563 --> 00:14:59,631
Ohhh!
332
00:14:59,698 --> 00:15:01,633
[murmured agreement]
333
00:15:01,700 --> 00:15:03,201
No. Not avoiding.
334
00:15:03,268 --> 00:15:05,070
Just taking a break.
335
00:15:05,137 --> 00:15:06,605
Yeah.
336
00:15:06,672 --> 00:15:09,675
We needed to focus, but we're
definitely not avoiding them.
337
00:15:11,743 --> 00:15:14,012
So you're whispering
with all of us
338
00:15:14,079 --> 00:15:16,014
in the darkest corner
of the shop,
339
00:15:16,081 --> 00:15:17,983
where nopony can
possibly see
340
00:15:18,050 --> 00:15:20,085
because you're
not avoiding them?
341
00:15:20,752 --> 00:15:22,654
Mm-hmm!
342
00:15:22,721 --> 00:15:25,023
But they definitely can't
hear us in here, right?
343
00:15:25,090 --> 00:15:26,024
No way!
344
00:15:26,091 --> 00:15:28,093
This is the
antiquities section.
345
00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:30,396
Nopony ever comes
back here.
346
00:15:31,096 --> 00:15:32,932
There you are!
347
00:15:34,066 --> 00:15:35,533
But what are you doing in here?
348
00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:38,203
[gasp] Is the
friendship problem
349
00:15:38,270 --> 00:15:40,472
in my favorite section
of the book store?
350
00:15:42,074 --> 00:15:43,242
[groan]
351
00:15:45,277 --> 00:15:47,379
...and then I
thought the best way
352
00:15:47,446 --> 00:15:50,281
to look for a friendship
problem in the present...
353
00:15:50,348 --> 00:15:51,683
Dad!
354
00:15:51,749 --> 00:15:55,387
...was to look back in our
town history even farther!
355
00:15:55,454 --> 00:15:56,755
[growl]
356
00:15:56,822 --> 00:15:58,323
Stellar Flare: Sunburst!
357
00:15:58,390 --> 00:15:59,725
Finally.
358
00:15:59,791 --> 00:16:03,061
Now, I know you don't want
me to "make up" a problem,
359
00:16:03,128 --> 00:16:04,964
but what if I START one?
360
00:16:05,764 --> 00:16:07,065
That's not how this...
361
00:16:07,132 --> 00:16:10,035
I mean, no pony ever became
a success by following
362
00:16:10,102 --> 00:16:11,503
all the rules, right?
363
00:16:11,570 --> 00:16:12,471
[snarl]
364
00:16:12,538 --> 00:16:13,705
How are things
on your end?
365
00:16:13,772 --> 00:16:15,106
Couldn't be better.
366
00:16:15,173 --> 00:16:16,674
New leads and such!
367
00:16:16,741 --> 00:16:18,009
Guys?
368
00:16:18,076 --> 00:16:21,413
We really are providing
excellent assistance, aren't we?
369
00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:22,815
Guys!
370
00:16:22,881 --> 00:16:26,384
I dare say our children should
be grateful for our help.
371
00:16:26,451 --> 00:16:27,752
GUYS!
372
00:16:27,819 --> 00:16:30,122
Both: We don't want your help!
373
00:16:39,131 --> 00:16:42,100
I'm sorry, you
don't want our help?
374
00:16:42,167 --> 00:16:44,602
[laugh] That's--that's
ridiculous.
375
00:16:44,669 --> 00:16:47,639
What reason could you
possibly have for that?
376
00:16:47,706 --> 00:16:51,209
BECAUSE YOU'RE DRIVING US CRAZY!
377
00:16:51,276 --> 00:16:52,544
Oh, really?
378
00:16:52,611 --> 00:16:55,413
And just how am I
driving you crazy?
379
00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:57,749
By always coming up with plans!
380
00:16:57,816 --> 00:17:00,118
I don't need a plan!
381
00:17:00,185 --> 00:17:05,623
I mean, maybe I do, but
it'll be mine, not yours.
382
00:17:05,690 --> 00:17:08,827
Well, I'm sorry
for trying to help!
383
00:17:08,894 --> 00:17:11,130
[sobbing]
384
00:17:12,430 --> 00:17:14,265
And you're not any better.
385
00:17:14,332 --> 00:17:16,234
I'm not a filly.
386
00:17:16,301 --> 00:17:20,372
I'm a grown pony with a job to
do and I'll do it on my own.
387
00:17:22,274 --> 00:17:24,543
Well, I'll let you
get to it, then.
388
00:17:27,612 --> 00:17:28,913
Great.
389
00:17:28,980 --> 00:17:30,315
Now we have to smooth things
over with our parents
390
00:17:30,381 --> 00:17:33,585
on top of finding and solving
a friendship problem.
391
00:17:34,419 --> 00:17:37,222
It's almost like our
relationship with our parents
392
00:17:37,289 --> 00:17:39,058
is the friendship problem.
393
00:17:39,258 --> 00:17:40,792
You don't think
that's it, do you?
394
00:17:40,859 --> 00:17:42,494
Ahem.
395
00:17:42,561 --> 00:17:44,063
That's what all
of us think.
396
00:17:44,829 --> 00:17:46,431
Agh!
397
00:17:46,498 --> 00:17:47,933
[thud]
398
00:17:47,999 --> 00:17:51,737
Why couldn't we have been sent
to stop a war or something?
399
00:17:57,876 --> 00:17:59,611
Dad?
400
00:17:59,678 --> 00:18:01,913
Hello, Ms. Glimmer.
401
00:18:01,980 --> 00:18:03,915
How is your friendship
problem search going?
402
00:18:03,982 --> 00:18:06,317
I only ask as an
interested observer,
403
00:18:06,384 --> 00:18:08,453
since I know you are an
adult who's capable
404
00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,223
of doing things without
help from anypony else.
405
00:18:12,591 --> 00:18:17,829
Actually, I think Sunburst
and I figured out what it is.
406
00:18:17,896 --> 00:18:21,799
So, Stellar and I weren't
really helpful after all.
407
00:18:21,866 --> 00:18:24,802
Well, we haven't
actually solved it.
408
00:18:24,869 --> 00:18:26,604
And I don't think we can.
409
00:18:26,671 --> 00:18:27,873
Not without you.
410
00:18:31,743 --> 00:18:33,711
[sniff]
411
00:18:33,778 --> 00:18:36,548
[coughing]
412
00:18:36,615 --> 00:18:39,184
Pungent!
413
00:18:39,251 --> 00:18:41,920
Oh, did you come by
to be driven crazy
414
00:18:41,987 --> 00:18:44,756
by more of your mother's plans?
415
00:18:44,823 --> 00:18:47,892
No, I came to apologize.
416
00:18:47,959 --> 00:18:50,762
Well, it's going to take
more than an apology
417
00:18:50,829 --> 00:18:53,364
to make up for telling me
you don't want my help
418
00:18:53,431 --> 00:18:55,633
finding your friendship problem.
419
00:18:55,700 --> 00:18:57,035
Oh, I'm not sorry for that.
420
00:18:57,101 --> 00:18:59,304
Starlight and I already figured
out what the problem is.
421
00:18:59,938 --> 00:19:01,673
This is a terrible apology.
422
00:19:02,974 --> 00:19:05,510
Well, if you come with
me and help fix it,
423
00:19:05,577 --> 00:19:06,812
I'll give you a better one.
424
00:19:09,748 --> 00:19:12,650
Usually, Twilight or one of
our other friends gets called
425
00:19:12,717 --> 00:19:15,486
to a place with a
friendship problem to fix.
426
00:19:15,553 --> 00:19:17,689
But Starlight and I
realized we came here
427
00:19:17,756 --> 00:19:20,858
to fix a friendship
problem we already had.
428
00:19:20,925 --> 00:19:23,628
I'm sorry I've been
avoiding coming home, Dad,
429
00:19:23,695 --> 00:19:27,232
but you can't keep
treating me like a foal.
430
00:19:27,299 --> 00:19:29,867
I'm sorry, Sugarbun!
431
00:19:29,934 --> 00:19:31,836
[chuckle]
432
00:19:31,903 --> 00:19:35,440
I just know how hard things
were for you when you left home.
433
00:19:35,507 --> 00:19:40,612
I guess I wanted you to feel
safe, like when you were young.
434
00:19:40,679 --> 00:19:42,647
Dad, I know I've
made some mistakes,
435
00:19:42,714 --> 00:19:44,782
and I'll probably
make a bunch more,
436
00:19:44,849 --> 00:19:46,618
but I learn from them.
437
00:19:46,685 --> 00:19:48,587
I think that's
what growing up is.
438
00:19:51,623 --> 00:19:54,525
I'm sorry I never told you how
much your plans bothered me,
439
00:19:54,592 --> 00:19:56,828
and I know you just
want me to succeed,
440
00:19:56,895 --> 00:19:58,764
but I need to do
that on my own.
441
00:19:59,397 --> 00:20:00,865
I remember how
lost you were
442
00:20:00,932 --> 00:20:03,701
when you flunked out
of magic school.
443
00:20:03,768 --> 00:20:05,770
I thought as long
as you had a plan,
444
00:20:05,837 --> 00:20:08,306
you'd never feel
that way again.
445
00:20:08,373 --> 00:20:09,641
You don't have to worry, Mom.
446
00:20:09,708 --> 00:20:11,676
I need to find my own way,
447
00:20:11,743 --> 00:20:14,012
but I definitely don't
feel lost anymore.
448
00:20:14,079 --> 00:20:21,286
♪♪
449
00:20:23,021 --> 00:20:26,457
[blubbering]
450
00:20:26,524 --> 00:20:29,361
It's so beautiful!
451
00:20:30,929 --> 00:20:34,532
The glowing cutie mark is such
a symbol of accomplishment.
452
00:20:34,599 --> 00:20:36,501
I don't suppose
there's a way for you
453
00:20:36,568 --> 00:20:38,470
to get it to glow all the time.
454
00:20:39,037 --> 00:20:41,873
Heh heh. Pretty sure it
doesn't work that way.
455
00:20:41,940 --> 00:20:43,975
Not unless we solved a
friendship problem every few
456
00:20:44,042 --> 00:20:48,513
seconds, and I kinda hope this
one will be it for a while.
457
00:20:48,580 --> 00:20:51,883
You know, it seems to me your
map is saying we're not just
458
00:20:51,950 --> 00:20:56,321
your parents; we're
your friends too.
459
00:20:56,388 --> 00:20:58,056
I guess so.
460
00:20:58,123 --> 00:21:01,392
So, if I promise to treat you
less like a little filly
461
00:21:01,459 --> 00:21:04,595
and more like a friend,
will you visit more?
462
00:21:04,662 --> 00:21:06,498
Absolutely.
463
00:21:08,933 --> 00:21:11,336
And if you start to
drive me crazy again,
464
00:21:11,403 --> 00:21:13,672
I'll tell you instead
of never coming home.
465
00:21:14,506 --> 00:21:17,008
That's lovely of you to
say, dear, but you know,
466
00:21:17,075 --> 00:21:19,344
I can always visit you.
467
00:21:19,411 --> 00:21:20,978
Stellar, you're a genius!
468
00:21:21,045 --> 00:21:22,013
Ha ha ha!
469
00:21:22,079 --> 00:21:24,449
How do you feel
about a road trip?
470
00:21:24,516 --> 00:21:27,485
I might have a few
plans for that.
471
00:21:27,552 --> 00:21:30,389
[nervous laughter]