What Could Have Been

Twilight [dash]a prototypical android designed and built to look and behave like a pony[dash] slowly wakes up. She gets out of her bed and goes to wake up Spike[dash]her faithful holographic assistant. Spike wakes up irritated, as Twilight has woken him up early[dash]the sound of her computerized home whirring to life with him could be clearly heard; not a good sign. Twilight and Spike go downstairs into the kitchen to prepare a breakfast[dash] Twilight can clearly see Spike's form lagging,  which meant it was about time for routine system maintenance. Twilight and Spike eat the breakfast in silence, neither of them knows what to say.