Shady Pines isn't a town out of place in the wastes, it's filled with the same dubauchery and filth same as any other. That didn't stop me from doing my part to keep it safe. A town like this though, it wears on you faster than a stiff wind on a winters night. Lose track of yourself here, and you'll waste away the rest of your nights to this decaying dump. It's time that I got out of this hell hole with the one I love, but as how life in the wastelands goes, I've got a feeling it won't be nearly that easy. Pull up a chair, buy me a drink, and just maybe I'll tell you about love, loss, and how the wasteland will drive the soul of a pony to greed and madness.

The entire story has been recorded as an audiobook by the fantastic Forrest McGilvray!