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♪♪
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Morning, Pinkie Pie.
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Get your Ponyville
Chronicle right here!
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Fan-tizzy-astic!
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I just love to read about happy
happenings and it's always good
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to be a pony in
the know, you know?
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And there's so much to know!
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Seems like a bunch of
boring hooey to me.
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Does "NEW SHRUBBERY
IN CASTLE GARDEN"!
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sound like boring
hooey to you?
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Snooze.
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What about...
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"PARASPRITE INFESTATION IN
FILLYDELPHIA ERADICATED"?
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That's great news!
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Another day, another
parasprite hype story.
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Noodles named official
food of Whinnyapolis!
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Author A.K. Yearling
announces retirement!
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Cloudsdale election
heating up for candidate
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in favor of
cooling it down!
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WHAT? Let me see that!
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I never knew you were so
into politics, Rainbow.
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No, this!
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It CAN'T be true...
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I'd have never have picked
noodles as the official food
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of Whinnyapolis, either.
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But here we are!
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No, Pinkie!
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I can't believe...
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that the greatest author...
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and secret pony
adventurer of all time...
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A.K. Yearling... is retiring!
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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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A.K. Yearling just
retired, like, today.
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Are you sure she wants visitors?
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Pinkie, the A.K. Yearling
I know would never quit
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and retire out of the blue!
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Something could
be really wrong
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and we need to make
sure she's OK.
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OK!
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Hey, you're not just trying
to make sure she writes
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more Daring Do
books, are you?
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Of course not!
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But that wouldn't
hurt either.
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Now, come on!
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[fast knocking]
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Uh, maybe she's not home.
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Maybe she went to the
editor-in-chief of the
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Ponyville Chronicle to
correct the misprint
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they've made!
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Nope. She's home.
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How do you know?
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Because she's right there...
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looking all sad and alone.
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I knew it.
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Something is wrong!
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A.K!
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Now she's sighing with
the weight of the world.
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Now she's hanging her
head in utter despair!
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Now she's shaking her hoof
and cursing the heavens
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like nothing could ever
possibly be the same again!
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Why oh why did this
happen to her?
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What?
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Whoops.
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Never mind, that time
she was just stretching.
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A.K., it's us! Rainbow
Dash and Pinkie Pie!
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Your friends!
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♪♪
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Oh, no. Did somepony ransack
your cottage again
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and steal some ancient
mysterious relic
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that's the key to saving
all of Equestria?
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Oooh! Sparky!
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[gasp]
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[relieved sigh]
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Nothing's been stolen.
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Then is somepony blackmailing
you and forcing you to retire?
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Cause if they are...
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No. Nothing like that.
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So you're just quitting
and moving away?
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WHY. WOULD. YOU. DO. THAT?
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I already explained everything
to the Ponyville Chronicle.
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Oh, really?
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"Author A.K. Yearling
announced yesterday
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that the next adventure novel
in her popular series,
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'Daring Do and the Curse
of the Pharaoh's Tomb'
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will be her last.
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Yearling looks forward
to her retirement."
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That doesn't
explain anything!
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[small groan]
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It just says you're
giving up writing stories.
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But most ponies don't know that
you actually are Daring Do
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and that the
stories are real.
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So what you're REALLY saying
is that you're giving up
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being Daring Do, but
you're not saying why!
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Of course, if you don't
feel like talking about it,
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that's A-OK, A.K.!
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As your friends, we
completely understand.
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Right, Rainbow Dash?
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Oh. Yeah. We just came to
make sure you're all right.
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That's really why we wanted
to find out what's going on.
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If you really
want to know...
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My last quest took me to a
village in Southern Equestria
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where I started seeing these.
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"WAKE OF DESTRUCTION:
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DARING DO RUINS ENTIRE
VILLAGE MARKETPLACE"!
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"DARE OR SCARE?
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LOCAL ROGUE 'DARING DO'
INVOLVED IN FRIGHTFUL FIASCO"?
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"DARING DO LEADS BULL INTO CHINA
SHOP DURING HIGH SPEED CHASE--"
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That's enough!
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[sigh]
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Everypony I tried to
help is mad at me.
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That's not true!
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They're not mad
at A.K. Yearling.
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They're mad at
"Daring Do".
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They don't sell my books
in Southern Equestria.
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The ponies there don't
know who A.K. Yearling is.
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They only know Daring Do
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and apparently she does
more harm than good.
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I guess it's a good thing
you look so different
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as A.K. Yearling!
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So all we have to
do is go down there
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and explain to these ponies that
none of this stuff is true.
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Easy-peazy-cheezy!
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But that's just the thing...
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it is true.
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WHAT?
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I guess I've always
been so focused
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on saving priceless relics
and stopping the bad guys
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that I never really thought
about the mess I leave behind.
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Then you ARE in
a tricky pickle.
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But why is all this
happening now?
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I guess ponies are
finally fed up.
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Either way, I'm done with
adventures: having or writing.
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Come on!
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For every one
pony who's upset,
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there must be at least a hundred
that know you're a hero.
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I don't think so, Dash.
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Well, why don't we go visit
this village "Somnambula"
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and see for ourselves?
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Those articles seem to
make it pretty clear
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how the villagers feel.
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But if we go there, the ponies
can tell you in person
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just how much they
appreciate you.
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And what a heap of rotten apple
cores these articles are!
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You really think so?
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I know so!
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Let's go!
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[sigh]
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♪♪
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This is so cool!
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It looks just like that
village in your last book
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where Daring Do recovers
the Doomed Diadem
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from The Wild Bunch Gang
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who chase after her
through the desert!
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It should.
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I based that entire chapter
on my experiences here
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in Somnambula.
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What happens? No
wait, don't tell me.
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I CHANGED MY MIND! TELL ME!
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Daring Do thwarts Ahuizotl's
evil plot to separate
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the Sister Crown Relics.
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And if it wasn't for her, the
region would be cursed
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with eternal night and the
entire town of Somnambula
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would have sunk
into the ground!
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Ah Pssht! There's no
chance that these ponies
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don't think you're a hero.
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Watch this.
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Hiya there, Mister!
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I was hoping you could tell me
about a pony named Daring Do.
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I hear she's an awesome
adventure-pony hero.
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Daring Do?
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Oh, she's awesome, all right.
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Awesome at destroying
ponies' apple carts
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[crash]
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and priceless,
sacred statues!
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♪♪
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Indeed. Daring
Do is a menace
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who destroys everything
she touches!
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[murmurs of agreement]
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What? No!
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Daring Do is the exact
opposite of a menace.
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I tried to tell you!
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Coming back here
was a mistake!
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♪♪
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Come on, A.K.! So we
picked a bad example.
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That was just one angry pony!
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Two angry ponies!
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It doesn't matter.
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I never should
have come with you!
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You two should just go home.
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Come on! We gotta
follow her!
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I dunno...
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it really seemed like
she doesn't want us
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cramping her saddle.
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But we have to convince her
that ponies do appreciate her!
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As her friend, I have to
make sure she believes that.
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Look, Pinkie! It's
the "Get On Inn".
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Daring Do stays here all
the time in her adventures.
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Which means there must be
ponies here who love Daring Do!
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Maybe they can help us.
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Mmmmm.
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My nose is telling me to
help myself to muffins.
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[ding]
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Come on.
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Ooo, she's fancy.
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I got this!
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A good evening
to you, Madame!
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We are but weary travelers who
humbly wish to inquire
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on the status of a
certain mare of intrigue
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taking residence here.
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What in Southern Equestria
are you on about?
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Is it true that
Daring Do stays here?
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Ha! Not anymore, she doesn't!
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Why not?
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The last time I rented
that rascal a room,
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she was in a such a rush to
high-tail it outta here,
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she didn't even pay her bill!
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But--
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After that, a band of
ruffians showed up
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and destroyed half the
rooms looking for her.
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Guess she made them even
more mad than she made me!
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No, no, no. You've
got it all wrong.
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How do ya figure?
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Daring Do was trying to
save everypony from the
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Curse of the Doomed
Diadem of Xilati!
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And she was only in a rush
because she had to get the crown
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back to the Tiara of Teotlale
before the curse took effect.
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Chapter seventeen.
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Sounds like a tall tale to me.
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And a hard one to believe now
that I know Daring Do
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is a scoundrel and a thief!
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Every year, ponies come to
offer precious glowpaz
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to the Sonmambula
statue in the village
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in hopes for a good future.
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Why that poor fella had
his glowpaz necklace
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stolen by Daring Do
just yesterday!
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Hmmmm.
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[gasp]
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THERE'S A.K.!
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Daring Do RUINED our town and
stole our precious glowpaz!
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We need to make sure that
if she turns up again,
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there will be consequences!
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Everypony who's with me,
meet at the statue tomorrow!
255
00:10:46,244 --> 00:10:48,247
[crowd agrees]
256
00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,916
Now I'm getting blamed for
things I didn't even do?
257
00:10:50,949 --> 00:10:52,818
Why would I steal from them?
258
00:10:52,851 --> 00:10:55,254
They are SUPER BAD!
259
00:10:55,287 --> 00:10:57,056
But... we're still
staying the night, right?
260
00:10:58,323 --> 00:11:01,326
Because I already ate all
the free mini muffins!
261
00:11:01,359 --> 00:11:04,463
Listen, A.K., after a
good night's sleep,
262
00:11:04,496 --> 00:11:06,198
we're going to fix
all of this.
263
00:11:06,231 --> 00:11:07,333
I promise.
264
00:11:11,436 --> 00:11:13,739
I shouldn't be
here, Rainbow Dash.
265
00:11:13,772 --> 00:11:15,207
This is never
going to work.
266
00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:17,342
Of course it will!
267
00:11:17,375 --> 00:11:20,279
All I have to do is go up
there and explain to everypony
268
00:11:20,312 --> 00:11:22,481
how wrong they all are.
269
00:11:22,514 --> 00:11:25,718
Yeah! And then I'll be
like what she said!
270
00:11:25,751 --> 00:11:28,454
Easy-peazy-cheezy.
271
00:11:28,487 --> 00:11:30,155
Exactly!
272
00:11:30,188 --> 00:11:32,324
Here it is! The
remains of your--
273
00:11:32,357 --> 00:11:35,761
I mean our
Somnambula statue.
274
00:11:35,794 --> 00:11:38,430
Now that Daring Do has
destroyed it, tell me...
275
00:11:38,463 --> 00:11:41,200
where will we hang our glowpaz?
276
00:11:41,233 --> 00:11:43,836
We don't even have any glowpaz
because they were stolen
277
00:11:43,869 --> 00:11:45,204
by Daring Do!
278
00:11:45,237 --> 00:11:50,008
[shouts of agreement]
279
00:11:50,041 --> 00:11:52,511
Daring Do would
never steal anything!
280
00:11:52,544 --> 00:11:55,280
And OK, she destroyed
your statue,
281
00:11:55,313 --> 00:11:57,316
but it was because she was
trying to save you all
282
00:11:57,349 --> 00:11:58,784
from Ahuizotl!
283
00:11:58,817 --> 00:12:01,487
[curious chatter]
284
00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:02,888
Ahuizotl?
285
00:12:02,921 --> 00:12:03,756
He's about yea big?
286
00:12:03,789 --> 00:12:04,389
Long neck?
287
00:12:04,422 --> 00:12:05,324
Itty-bitty face?
288
00:12:05,357 --> 00:12:06,425
Weird claw thingy on his tail?
289
00:12:08,193 --> 00:12:11,764
Ooo! Ooo! I know him!
He's a baddie.
290
00:12:11,797 --> 00:12:16,769
[concerned murmurs]
291
00:12:16,802 --> 00:12:19,772
Trust me, if Ahuizotl had gotten
away with the Doomed Diadem,
292
00:12:19,805 --> 00:12:22,207
your entire village would
have been swallowed up!
293
00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:25,444
And that's a lot worse than
losing some CRUMMY old statue!
294
00:12:25,477 --> 00:12:26,779
[gasp]
295
00:12:26,812 --> 00:12:28,147
Ahem!
296
00:12:28,180 --> 00:12:31,083
This was not some
crummy old statue.
297
00:12:31,116 --> 00:12:33,252
It was the namesake
of our town.
298
00:12:33,285 --> 00:12:37,189
If you want to understand us,
you must first understand her.
299
00:12:37,222 --> 00:12:38,157
Who?
300
00:12:38,190 --> 00:12:39,892
Somnambula...
301
00:12:39,925 --> 00:12:44,563
Long ago this village fell
prey to an evil Sphinx
302
00:12:44,596 --> 00:12:47,466
who demanded most
of their crops.
303
00:12:47,499 --> 00:12:52,137
Like her fellow villagers,
Somnambula didn't have much,
304
00:12:52,170 --> 00:12:56,441
but she used what she had to
keep others from giving up hope.
305
00:12:56,474 --> 00:12:59,511
The son of the
Pharaoh, Prince Hisan,
306
00:12:59,544 --> 00:13:01,914
was so moved by
her compassion,
307
00:13:01,947 --> 00:13:05,384
that he decreed nopony
would go hungry again.
308
00:13:05,417 --> 00:13:12,191
♪♪
309
00:13:12,224 --> 00:13:15,260
But when Hisan stood
up to the Sphinx,
310
00:13:15,293 --> 00:13:19,364
the beast captured him, telling
the Pharaoh the only way
311
00:13:19,397 --> 00:13:23,368
to get Hisan back was to
solve her riddle.
312
00:13:23,401 --> 00:13:26,538
Nopony would volunteer
to save the prince.
313
00:13:26,571 --> 00:13:29,875
Nopony except Somnambula.
314
00:13:29,908 --> 00:13:36,348
♪♪
315
00:13:36,381 --> 00:13:39,151
The Sphinx gave her the riddle,
316
00:13:39,184 --> 00:13:45,023
"I shine brightest in the dark.
I am there but cannot be seen.
317
00:13:45,056 --> 00:13:47,259
To have me costs you nothing.
318
00:13:47,292 --> 00:13:51,363
To be without me costs
you everything."
319
00:13:51,396 --> 00:13:53,532
As Somnambula thought
of the hardship
320
00:13:53,565 --> 00:13:56,902
she and her fellow
villagers had experienced,
321
00:13:56,935 --> 00:13:59,037
she instantly
knew the answer.
322
00:13:59,070 --> 00:13:59,972
"HOPE!"
323
00:14:00,005 --> 00:14:01,406
She shouted.
324
00:14:01,439 --> 00:14:03,408
[roar]
325
00:14:03,441 --> 00:14:05,878
The Sphinx was so enraged, it
seemed she might still refuse
326
00:14:05,911 --> 00:14:07,412
to release the prince,
327
00:14:07,445 --> 00:14:11,216
so Somnambula asked her
for one more challenge,
328
00:14:11,249 --> 00:14:13,085
but if she
accomplished it,
329
00:14:13,118 --> 00:14:16,655
the Sphinx would leave
from the kingdom forever.
330
00:14:16,688 --> 00:14:18,457
The Sphinx quickly agreed,
331
00:14:18,490 --> 00:14:21,660
asking only that Somnambula
walk to the prince...
332
00:14:21,693 --> 00:14:26,198
... across a deep
chasm, blindfolded!
333
00:14:26,231 --> 00:14:29,501
Further, the Sphinx had
cast a powerful spell
334
00:14:29,534 --> 00:14:32,004
that prevented
Somnambula from flying.
335
00:14:32,037 --> 00:14:33,239
[evil laugh]
336
00:14:35,140 --> 00:14:38,310
But Somnambula never lost HOPE!
337
00:14:38,343 --> 00:14:40,379
She knew she'd need to
make a leap of faith
338
00:14:40,412 --> 00:14:42,915
to save the prince.
339
00:14:42,948 --> 00:14:45,417
Guided by the sound
of the prince's voice...
340
00:14:48,486 --> 00:14:51,323
she easily made it across.
341
00:14:51,356 --> 00:14:52,457
[roar]
342
00:14:52,490 --> 00:14:55,160
♪♪
343
00:14:58,730 --> 00:15:01,934
The Pharaoh asked how
Somnambula prevailed
344
00:15:01,967 --> 00:15:04,503
and she explained that
she had always hoped
345
00:15:04,536 --> 00:15:07,306
she could make things
better for her people
346
00:15:07,339 --> 00:15:10,509
and that hope
had carried her through.
347
00:15:10,542 --> 00:15:13,712
The Prince replaced the
pearls Somnambula gave up
348
00:15:13,745 --> 00:15:16,348
with a string of Glowpaz.
349
00:15:16,381 --> 00:15:19,651
And around her neck, they
glowed bright enough
350
00:15:19,684 --> 00:15:23,021
to light the entire kingdom.
351
00:15:23,054 --> 00:15:27,693
Forever after, Glowpaz
became our symbol of hope.
352
00:15:30,061 --> 00:15:34,433
Wow. I had no idea how special
the statue was to you.
353
00:15:34,466 --> 00:15:37,102
Somnambula sounds like
a pretty cool pony.
354
00:15:37,135 --> 00:15:38,737
But I bet if she were here,
355
00:15:38,770 --> 00:15:41,373
she'd tell you how cool
Daring Do is too
356
00:15:41,406 --> 00:15:43,375
because they've both
fought to protect this town!
357
00:15:43,408 --> 00:15:46,078
[chattering]
358
00:15:46,111 --> 00:15:49,348
If Somnambula were here today,
she would condemn Daring Do
359
00:15:49,381 --> 00:15:52,718
for destroying yo--
OUR symbol of hope!
360
00:15:52,751 --> 00:15:57,422
[booing and shouts]
361
00:15:57,455 --> 00:15:59,758
♪♪
362
00:16:03,628 --> 00:16:07,232
♪♪
363
00:16:07,265 --> 00:16:08,333
Hey, buddy!
364
00:16:08,366 --> 00:16:11,536
What did Daring Do ever do
to you to deserve all this?
365
00:16:11,569 --> 00:16:14,339
Only... everything!
366
00:16:14,372 --> 00:16:16,475
Dr. Caballeron?
367
00:16:16,508 --> 00:16:19,711
Yes... Rainbow Dash.
368
00:16:19,744 --> 00:16:22,080
[nasty laugh]
369
00:16:22,113 --> 00:16:25,017
When I saw you,
her closest friend,
370
00:16:25,050 --> 00:16:27,786
I knew that Daring Do
would not be far behind.
371
00:16:27,819 --> 00:16:31,590
I really do owe you for
leading her right to me.
372
00:16:31,623 --> 00:16:33,058
But I didn't mean--
373
00:16:33,091 --> 00:16:35,660
Thank you for helping me
break Daring Do's spirit
374
00:16:35,693 --> 00:16:37,562
by destroying
her reputation,
375
00:16:37,595 --> 00:16:41,066
but I can't have you running
off and telling her my plan.
376
00:16:41,099 --> 00:16:42,200
[whistle]
377
00:16:42,233 --> 00:16:46,738
♪♪
378
00:16:46,771 --> 00:16:48,240
HELP!
379
00:16:49,741 --> 00:16:51,043
Caballeron?
380
00:16:51,076 --> 00:16:52,310
No!
381
00:16:52,343 --> 00:16:53,545
He's got Rainbow Dash!
382
00:16:53,578 --> 00:16:54,480
Come on!
383
00:16:59,350 --> 00:17:00,719
[panting]
384
00:17:00,752 --> 00:17:05,190
I'm... coming...
Rainbow... Dash...
385
00:17:06,825 --> 00:17:08,460
I knew you'd come!
386
00:17:08,493 --> 00:17:09,461
You did?
387
00:17:09,494 --> 00:17:10,796
I sure didn't.
388
00:17:10,829 --> 00:17:12,597
What if I cause
more trouble?
389
00:17:12,630 --> 00:17:13,565
You won't.
390
00:17:13,598 --> 00:17:14,633
How do you know?
391
00:17:14,666 --> 00:17:16,168
I just do!
392
00:17:16,201 --> 00:17:18,136
You wouldn't let anything
happen to Rainbow Dash.
393
00:17:18,169 --> 00:17:20,105
You care too much.
394
00:17:20,138 --> 00:17:21,239
You're right.
395
00:17:21,272 --> 00:17:22,341
Which way did they go?
396
00:17:26,144 --> 00:17:27,146
To the pyramid!
397
00:17:28,446 --> 00:17:30,315
Dash: Somepony help!
398
00:17:31,749 --> 00:17:34,653
Somepony! Anypony!
399
00:17:34,686 --> 00:17:36,488
Pinkie Pie! Daring Do!
400
00:17:36,521 --> 00:17:37,756
Is that you?
401
00:17:37,789 --> 00:17:39,124
Don't worry, Rainbow!
402
00:17:39,157 --> 00:17:40,725
We'll save you!
403
00:17:40,758 --> 00:17:42,461
[rumbling]
404
00:17:42,494 --> 00:17:44,362
[gurgling]
405
00:17:44,395 --> 00:17:47,432
[evil laugh]
406
00:17:47,465 --> 00:17:50,836
If my previous plan didn't cause
you to give up, Daring Do,
407
00:17:50,869 --> 00:17:54,239
then the shame of losing your
dear friend Rainbow Dash
408
00:17:54,272 --> 00:17:56,141
to the slime will!
409
00:17:57,675 --> 00:18:02,514
Oh, and that ancient magic
from the legend is real.
410
00:18:02,547 --> 00:18:05,283
There'll be no flying
in the pyramid!
411
00:18:05,316 --> 00:18:07,219
Good luck, Daring Do!
412
00:18:07,252 --> 00:18:08,854
[laughter]
413
00:18:09,687 --> 00:18:10,522
[slam]
414
00:18:14,659 --> 00:18:17,829
He's right! We'll never
get to her in time!
415
00:18:17,862 --> 00:18:20,265
If this really is like
Somnambula's story,
416
00:18:20,298 --> 00:18:22,734
then we just have to
have hope that we can!
417
00:18:22,767 --> 00:18:25,137
I think we need more
than hope, Pinkie.
418
00:18:25,170 --> 00:18:27,606
There was a bridge in the story
and there's no bridge here.
419
00:18:27,639 --> 00:18:29,207
What are we going to do?
420
00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:31,309
[moans]
421
00:18:31,342 --> 00:18:33,845
I don't know, but Rainbow
Dash is our friend!
422
00:18:33,878 --> 00:18:36,848
Just like Somnambula. We
need to make a leap of faith
423
00:18:36,881 --> 00:18:38,550
and hope that we can save her!
424
00:18:39,651 --> 00:18:40,619
PINKIE!
425
00:18:46,724 --> 00:18:47,859
Wheeee!
426
00:18:47,892 --> 00:18:48,927
Hee hee hee!
427
00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:50,896
♪♪
428
00:18:50,929 --> 00:18:53,165
I knew we'd do it!
429
00:18:53,198 --> 00:18:55,834
Thanks for reminding me to
never give up hope, Pinkie.
430
00:18:55,867 --> 00:18:58,837
And I'm kinda hoping you
ponies will untie me
431
00:18:58,870 --> 00:19:01,607
before we all take a bath
in bubbling green slime!
432
00:19:03,975 --> 00:19:05,310
We're on it!
433
00:19:05,343 --> 00:19:11,750
♪♪
434
00:19:21,926 --> 00:19:23,795
Not so fast, Caballeron!
435
00:19:28,233 --> 00:19:30,368
YOU stole our glowpaz!
436
00:19:30,401 --> 00:19:33,972
[angry shouts]
437
00:19:34,005 --> 00:19:36,975
I should have known you were
just trying to sully my name
438
00:19:37,008 --> 00:19:39,978
so that you'd be free to
steal whatever you wanted.
439
00:19:40,011 --> 00:19:42,681
Of course that was
the plan, Daring Do!
440
00:19:42,714 --> 00:19:45,517
At first I just
wanted the Glowpaz...
441
00:19:45,550 --> 00:19:50,322
But then I saw an opportunity to
write you out of the story
442
00:19:50,355 --> 00:19:52,624
FOR GOOD!
443
00:19:52,657 --> 00:19:54,593
[gasps]
444
00:19:54,626 --> 00:19:58,296
And with the destruction
you leave in your wake,
445
00:19:58,329 --> 00:20:00,498
it didn't take too much
to convince ponies
446
00:20:00,531 --> 00:20:02,701
you were a villain.
447
00:20:02,734 --> 00:20:04,903
You're wrong, Caballeron.
448
00:20:04,936 --> 00:20:07,472
And I won't let you
break my spirit again.
449
00:20:07,505 --> 00:20:09,741
Because I'm never
going to give up hope
450
00:20:09,774 --> 00:20:12,410
that I can protect ponies
and ancient treasures
451
00:20:12,443 --> 00:20:14,746
from miscreants like you!
452
00:20:14,779 --> 00:20:16,848
[agreeing shouts]
453
00:20:16,881 --> 00:20:20,018
Remember! She
ruined your statue!
454
00:20:20,051 --> 00:20:21,853
You're fools to
believe in her!
455
00:20:25,323 --> 00:20:29,694
You'll pay for this, Daring Do!
456
00:20:29,727 --> 00:20:34,332
[cheers]
457
00:20:34,365 --> 00:20:35,467
OK, OK that's enough!
458
00:20:37,902 --> 00:20:40,305
Thanks for helping
me come to my senses.
459
00:20:40,338 --> 00:20:41,906
You two are true friends.
460
00:20:41,939 --> 00:20:43,041
Are you kidding?
461
00:20:43,074 --> 00:20:43,642
That.
462
00:20:43,675 --> 00:20:44,609
Was.
463
00:20:44,642 --> 00:20:46,511
Awesome!
464
00:20:46,544 --> 00:20:48,980
We're just glad you're back
to your old self again!
465
00:20:49,013 --> 00:20:51,583
[giggle] Me too!
466
00:20:51,616 --> 00:20:53,618
But I'm glad I realized that
even if you're fighting
467
00:20:53,651 --> 00:20:57,789
for something good, you're still
responsible for your actions.
468
00:20:57,822 --> 00:21:00,959
And if something bad happens
that you didn't intend,
469
00:21:00,992 --> 00:21:04,062
you shouldn't give up hope
or lose faith in yourself.
470
00:21:04,095 --> 00:21:07,966
Yeah! All ya gotta do
is make it right.
471
00:21:07,999 --> 00:21:10,035
Feel free to use that
in your next book!
472
00:21:10,068 --> 00:21:12,604
You know, I think I will.
473
00:21:12,637 --> 00:21:16,808
[squeals]
474
00:21:16,841 --> 00:21:22,013
♪♪
475
00:21:22,046 --> 00:21:23,381
[ding]
476
00:21:23,414 --> 00:21:28,453
♪♪
477
00:21:28,486 --> 00:21:30,355
[cheers]