He ran, Faint Strike ran as fast as he could. He ran towards the biggest city in Equestria, hoping he could ask advice of the wisest people he knew of, the Princesses. Though when he got there, he took a moment to realize he had no money or family to help him. He found some boxes in an alleyway and sobbed all night long.

Faint's dreams were torrential, cruel, and self-hating. He dreamed of taking his life in so many quick ways it was evil. He hated his knowledge and wished he was braindead, even in his dream his sobs reached him.

However that night, Princess Luna decided to teach her sister, Princess Celestia of how to dreamwalk, should the events of the Nightmare Conquest ever happen again. They both came across the malice that was Faint Strike's dream, and tried to intervene. They found him sobbing on the floor, in a room with ever-changing words splattered everywhere across the walls, floors, and ceiling.