Karmatic truth.

“Doctor...?” Wait, was that my voice? Wait, what happened, i was knocked out, so where am i?

Opening my eyes I see the Doctor in the doorway looking quite shocked, “Well Kendrick, I didn’t expect that. Be glad it’s only me.”

“I can speak now, apparently. Wait, why am I not in a hospital?” I say my first sentence in this world.

“Ah, I joined the guards on the raid to see if I could find you, and I did. About to strike down that Apple monstrosity from attacking your friend, good job by the way, and when you started doing... whatever you were doing on the chimes above your friend the guards tranquilized you. What were you doing anyway?”

“I was going to heal him with that. How is Outlier anyway, last time I saw him he wasn’t in the best condition? And you didn’t awnser me.”

“Outlier? Is that what you call him? His real names Max, the new human of Princess Twilight. And for your hospital question, you only had bruises, nothing major happened to you. Although they did say you would need a bit of bed rest.”

“Screw bed rest, I’ll just down an Estus.” I say as I pull out said green flask.

“Estus? What’s Estus?” He says as I take a sip.

“This.” Oh, wow that’s good! Feels like I just took a 50 hour energy. “Wow! First time I did that, feels wonderful!”

“Oh, Okay whatever. Oh yeah, when we took your armor off it dissolved.”

“Oh, no need to worry, it just jumped back into my inventory.” We hear knocking on the door.

“I’ll get that, follow if you wish.” He says as he starts walking. I follow.

“Ahh Derpy! What is it your here for?”

I walk into the sight of the door, “Oh it’s about him actually. We searched and searched but couldn’t find any noble missing a human of his description. Wait... are there any brands on him?”

“Haven’t checked, but with the amount of cloaths he wears it would be printed on there.”

“Oh, Okay. So... what happens to him now?”

“I’ve taken a likening to him, might as well keep him.”

“Okay Doctor. Got to go pick up Dinky now, be safe!”

“Goodbye to you to my dear.” He says as he closes the door.

“I ship it.” I say as he turns to me, “You match together so perfect, I think I might just set you up.”

His face turns red, “OI! I’ll have you do no such thing! I don’t need some ‘wingman’ even if I wanted to do that!”

“Ohho, get the century old Timelord to blush? I know I have to see it now, your perfect for each other!”

knock, knock. The Doctor fixes me with a ‘this is not over’ glare I received on a daily basis by friends.

Opening the door we can see the purple alicorn, probably this Twilight I’ve heard about, and my intelligent friend Max right behind her, missing... an eye... dang. “Ah, hello Princess Twilight, how may I help you?”

The female voice responds back, “Don’t call me princess please. Are you the owner of the human who fought with Max in the fighting pits?”

“Yes, of corse I am! Kendrick’s right here.” Doctor says, pointing at me.

Turning to Max Twilight says, “Is this him?” The human nods in confirmation.

“He’s intelligent?”

“Yes He is Doctor, and I think he’s not the only one here.” Twilight accuses.

Looking deadpan the Doctor simply says, “How about we chat over tea instead of in the streets?” Inviting them inside.

“Of corse, thank you Doctor.” She says as the Doctor sets out four tea cups with a pot in the middle.

“Come, come, everyone sit.” And so all four of us do so.

“Now Doctor, Kendrick here is intelligent like Max, right?”

Not wanting to stay mute for much longer, I simply say, “Yes, I am as intelligent as any of you.”

Everyone looks shocked or surprised as Max makes some symbols with his hands that look like sign language, “Max here says you only communicated non-verbally in the arena, why do you talk now?”

“Because through the karma gained in that fight I was able to unlock speaking.”

“Well, that’s... strange. But let’s continue on.”

And so we had a long discussion telling our separate tales of how we got here to Equestria. My school shooting story got me a look of sympathy from everyone, especially Max, who looked like a college age student. Eventually we decide I should teach Max how to defend himself, and that I should come along on all excursions to act as a friend, bodyguard, and teacher for Max.

Karma +1! You have finally come clean with your intelligents! From now on you can summon a random orc from Shadow Of War to protect you from those who would wish to claim a special prize.