Twilight was frustrated. Unit 001 had seemed to regress recently and she wasn’t sure what had happened. Luckily Dr. Dolphin was feeling much better and was taking a closer look at her. It had been several days, and she’d been getting worse and worse. It had started with some simple language problems, but it had also appeared that Unit 001 was forgetting some very important social cues. Recently she’d started to speak without moving her lips!

Dr. Dolphin had assured Twilight that it was just some malfunction, that the mare had always been a machine one misstep away from acting like one, and that he’d get her fixed right away. Twilight disagreed, however, and felt that something had seriously gone wrong with the poor dear. She just couldn’t figure out what.

Author's Note

The capitol of the HC is the site of Twilight Sparkle’s castle, the increasingly misnamed Ponyville. It’s a grand multicultural city, sitting on the border of her demesne, only an hours ride away from the EQN capitol, Canterlot. The city has many tourist attractions, including a sizable nature preserve, a Wonderbolts stadium, an old timey section called “old Ponyville” that includes a fully working apple orchard (still run by the original owning family), the worlds largest party emporium, and a even a district dedicated entirely to fashion and high culture. The library and museums are second to none, and are often frequented directly by Twilight Sparkle. She has a permanent “exclusive” account where she checks out new books daily.