Why did I do it? It was so simple: just watch Rainbow Dash fly by, and be sent back to my own reality. I could have just waited, but I didn't. I could have convinced Starlight what the right thing was, but I didn't.

No. No, what I did was valid. I didn't trust her, so I did what I could to make sure Starlight didn't mess anything up for a hundredth time. I did what I felt was right.

But if I knew the cost, if I had known how unforgiving time would be, if I took a minute to think about what would have happened, I would never have gone through with it.

I bucked up.

Starts during the S5 finale. Rewatching the episode should not be required.
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