"Princess Twilight Sparkle, what an honour it is to see you on such a lovely occasion!"

"Please, just call me Twilight."

"Oh, right, right. As always, your modest reputation proceeds you."

"Heh, heh, heh... Spike, how about you have a seat over there? This would take a while."

"Finally, I can give my claw-cramp a break..." "..." "..." "Oh, shoot. I forgot my comics... ah, this sucks. How long were they— wait, this is a 'business talk'. I'm gonna be stuck here forever!" "..." "..." "..." "..." "..." "..." "..." "..." "..." "..." "..." "..." "..." "..." "..." "..." "..." "..." "..." "..." "..."

"And some tea and sugar for z' little dragon, too?"

"Woah, hah? Who... ah, yeah, sure. Why not?"

"Here you go. One, or two?"

"Three."

"..."

"Fine, two."

"... here you go. V'at v'as it, Pike?"

"Spike."

"Oh, forgive me."

"Nah, it's cool. Thanks."

"Mon Plaisir, Monsieur."

"Sure..."

"..."

"..."

"Is something the matter, Spike?"

'What happened to her accent?' "Nah, it's nothin'."

"'A pony who was honestly fine would never say 'it's nothing', or else there would be an 'it' for there to be 'nothing' about.'"

"Hah?"

"A quote from my teacher. To put it simpler, something is troubling you. I know a lie when I see one."

"Okay, fine: I'm bored, okay? I forgot my comics so now I'm gonna have to sit here while Twilight talks to Mr Fancy Pants."

"I think he told me she wanted him to sponsor your first 'friendship pilgrimage', right?"

"Yeah, pretty much. If I was as loaded as he was then I wouldn't need to be talking about it for so long. He can buy all of Canterlot and still have enough for ice creme, right?"

"Two, actually."

"You see? So how can a little pilgrimage hurt? Heck, why couldn't Twilight just do it? We have unlimited bits here!"

"Well, if a pony were to just spend loaned bits on a whim, then one would be in debt."

"'Debt'?"

"It means you owe a lot to somepony."

"Ah... wait, that wouldn't even leave a scratch!"

"Hmm... let's say you have two hundred bits—"

"Not a math lesson...—"

"Sush, let me finish! Now, you have two hundred. Say you went to the shop. Buying one ice creme never hurts, right?"

"Well, I mean, yeah."

"So what if you went to the store the next day and thought the same thing?"

"Two ice cremes? Count me in."

"... but then a third?"

"Yup."

"A fourth."

"Awesome."

"A fith."

"Yeah, yeah, I can buy a lot of ice creme. I get it. What's your point?"

"By this point, you would have only 180 bits left."

"So?"

"So then the next day you buy another."

"The horror."

"So let's say this carries on for a moon. What would be left?"

"I hate math."

"80 bits."

"That's still plenty."

"Hhh... but you'd know that, eventually, you'll run out?"

"I guess?"

"Well, Fancy Pants is trying to do the same. From spending too many bits on ice creme."

"I... guess I get it?"

"Yes. Fancy Pants loves funding, Mr. Spike."

"Just Spike."

"I see you're as modest as Twilight... if Fancy Pants were to fund every, single, event; how many bits would he have left?"

"Ah... still a lot?"

"He'll have none left. A pony doesn't become rich by spending bits, they become rich by saving them. But also by giving bits, ponies will have your side and would be more than happy to help you if you needed more."

"So currying?"

"No, friendship. Professional friendship."

"Hah..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"Why do you sound different?"

"Hmm?"

"At first you were like 'v'ee, v'ee, z'is v'ay to z' v'ee, v'ee,' but then you're all... I dunno, normal, I guess."

"It's... part of my job."

"Job?"

"As a trophy wife."

"Oh, that kind of... yeah... heh, sorry about that."

"No, no, it is fine. I don't mind any questions."

"So mind if I ask another?"

"Of course not."

"Why are you talking to me that way?"

"Because I hate talking like that. It's annoying. I'm not even from the Griffin Kingdom, I'm Senotakain! I even had to legally change my name from Yuri no Hano to Fleur de Lis!"

"That explains it..."

"But it's currently more attractive to have a northern-Griffin accent than it is to have a Senotakai accent or, I don't know, talk like I'm just another pony?"

"Then why be a trophy wife?"

"Because I need the bits, Spike. You can't just buy ice creme without any bits coming in to buy some more, I..."

"... you really like ice-creme, don't you?"

"... maybe."

"Well, I know Donut Joe's selling. Wanna come?"

"Well... if Fancy Pants doesn't mind."

Author's Note

So I decided to randomly pick Spike and Fleur De Lis for this episode by using my Pony List, then used google's number generator to pick two numbers from 1-250, and I got Spike and Fleur.

And if your wondering, Senotokai is my canon-name for where Mistmane is from, which we can all assume where the tall, slender ponies are from. Of course, some just happen to be the same body type like Sassy Saddles and etc, but I figured I might as well make Fleur come straight from there.

I dunno, besides the Google Translating, everything was kind of on the spot. Also, I'm currently learning tax-paying and such in my math at school. That's why I ended up making that stuff the subject.

I didn't like it at first but liked how it turned out. Hope you did too.