Author's Note

Happy Freedom Day my fellow Americans! Here's a chapter that ended up a lot longer than I expected it to be.

Shining Armor II

Fireworks erupted outside the walls of the crystal empire as ponies celebrated the one year anniversary of Sombra’s defeat. The evil tyrant was defeated when he foolishly released Twilight Sparkle from her cell in the castle dungeons. She along with her brother Shining Armor, overpowered and defeated the king and restored harmony to Equestria.

Now, while his wife was out in the streets celebrating with the rest of the Crystal Empire’s citizens, Shining Armor sat in his throne looking down at Sombra. The dark grey unicorn’s eyes no longer glowed blood red, and the smoke that used to emanate from them was gone. Now they were a soft green color.

He sat on his knees with his head hung low. Strong ropes were wrapped tightly around his hulking muscles, threatening to snap like a rubber band should the unicorn flex. But the ex-king made no attempt to escape. He sat there quietly at the hooves of Prince Shining Armor. 5 guards stood around Sombra with their spears leveled at his neck.

“Do you know what today is, Sombra?” Shining Armor asked with a boastful tone.

“It is the day you defeated me, my prince.” Sombra replied. His voice was dry and weak. A stark contrast to his old deep gravelly voice from when he ruled.

“That’s right. I think we should celebrate in a way that a colt-cuddler like you will looove.” Shining’s voice dripped with mockery. The prince stood up slowly from his throne and with one deft motion untied his belt. His soft silk pants fell to the floor with a “plop”, leaving the king nude from the waist down. “I get why you walked around like this all day Sombra. It really inflates the ego to wander the castle with your dick swinging between your legs.”

Sombra looked up at the prince with his soft green eyes. “What did you have in mind my prince?” He asked.

Shining Armor leaned in until his muzzle was pressed up against the former king’s. “The day you took over you used my ass for an hour! I’m gonna use yours for two slut.” He spat at the other stallion. “Now turn around.”

The guards backed up, granting the disgraced former ruler room to crawl on his knees until he was pointed away from the prince’s throne. “Restrain him.” Shining ordered his guards. 4 of the 5 ponies dropped their spears to the ground and approached the unicorn who sat on his knees. The rope that was once around him was suddenly gone without explanation, but nopony seemed to notice. The guards roughly grabbed Sombra by his arms and legs, holding them out to the side and forcing him onto his belly.

Shining stood over his restrained slut, the former king who had tortured him and his family for so long. Finally, revenge would be his. The prince knelt down behind Sombra, grasping his rapidly growing cock in one hand and spreading the gray unicorn’s cheeks with the other. Even the former king’s ass was muscular. Shining could feel the tough flesh hiding underneath the soft fur.

“I know you want this faggot. I know what you like. Tell me what you want.” Shining commanded his restrained rapeslut.

“Mmmm, I want you…” Sombra whispered. Shining had a short and sudden rush of lightheadedness. He clutched the side of his head, trying to maintain his balance until the world stopped spinning and the unicorn was able to focus again. He tried to play it off as though nothing had happened, but did suddenly feel that the ex-king deserved at least a little bit of mercy.

“O-oh yeah? Well you’re about to get me slut. But first, I’m gonna give you something that you never gave me. A bit of lube.” Shining chuckled to himself as he swished his tongue around in his mouth, working up a glob of saliva that he spat out onto the king’s exposed asshole. It landed slightly above Sombra’s tight ass and slide down the valley of his crack. The gray stallion shivered when the spit ran over his asshole.

“You’re so kind to me, my prince. I want you so bad…” Sombra said in a seductive tone. He wiggled his ass back and forth in the prince’s face, all but inviting him to go nuts. But Shining Armor was struck with another bout of lightheadedness. He had a handful of the king’s ass and was staring down at the light gray hole before him, trying to line up his thick cock head with the tyrants virgin entrance. The world started spinning when the king spoke and it distracted Shining from his goal.

“S-stop talking… I… I’m…” The world became clearer for a moment, and when it did Shining looked down at King Sombra’s tight asshole and questioned how he was going to fit his dick in such a tight opening. “Th-that’s right my kin...no, Sombra! I’m kind, unlike you. I’m kind enough to not rape your ass when it’s this tight. I’ll...loosen it up for you…? Me? Both...both of us.” Shining felt like he was intoxicated but the world around him wasn’t spinning. In fact, the stallion had a very clear target in his sights. He lowered his head towards the king’s asshole, a sudden hand wrapped itself up in his mane. It was his 5th guard, the one who wasn’t restraining Sombra. The prince delicately ran his tongue through his king’s crack.

It was sweaty, and the thousands of tiny hairs tickled, but it tasted good nonetheless. It was difficult for Shining to explain why it tasted good. The taste could best be described as a mix of sweat, dirt, blackberries, and no doubt some bacteria. But Shining’s cock grew harder and his tongue became more exploratory as he licked and kissed Sombra’s ass. His tongue gently began to probe his king’s asshole, pushing it slowly. Sombra gasped in pleasure which encouraged Shining to probe even deeper. He pushed his tongue in and swirled it around, caressing the hot insides of the mighty king.

While he ate out Sombra’s ass, Shining was completely unaware that his guards had pulled back and seemingly disappeared into thin air. The dark gray unicorn stood up from the ground and reached back to place one of his strong hands on Shining’s head, forcing the unicorn’s face between his cheeks. Shining felt the muscular ass of his ruler pressed up against either side of his face and enjoyed the heat radiating from the king’s behind. He obediently moved his tongue around, occasionally pulling it out so that he could lick the ring of Sombra’s anus or plant a kiss on one of his cheeks.

“Yes my pet. I want you...I want you, Shining Armor.” The king said in his old gravelly voice. He spoke with an authoritative power that made Shining Armor feel weak and submissive.

“I… I want you too my king. I wan-”

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

Shining Armor was thrown back to reality at the sound of a metal spoon hitting a pot. Briefly he struggled to look around him, but quickly remembered how thoroughly restrained he was.

Dreams. They had once been his escape from the world he now lived in, but lately Shining Armor found that they were becoming tainted. Now, rather than fantasizing about defeating King Sombra and dismantling his oppressive regime, the white unicorn was nearly cumming at the thought of rewarding the king for his awful behaviour.

As a guard entered his room to unlock Shining, the unicorn thought about the deal he made with King Sombra just yesterday. He had to obey King Sombra and behave as submissively as Spike the dragon, the creature who had been brainwashed to the point where he nearly forgot how to speak. It was a difficult task, but Shining had to do it. King Sombra warned him after they left Twilight’s room, that every time he upset the king his sister would be locked back up in her cell for an entire month. And if he ever made an attempt on the king’s life again it… well the things Sombra described made Shining sick to his stomach. Needless to say that Shining wouldn’t even think about another coup while his sister was still within Sombra’s reach.

The ex-prince considered it the night after meeting his sister, and had come to the decision to follow Sombra’s rules. He would obey every order given to him no matter how humiliating, use the wealth of information on Sombra’s likes and dislikes that were programmed in his head to keep the king as happy as possible, and bide his time with a big smile on his face until his sister was released and he got her as far from the Crystal Empire as he could. Only then would he dare stand up to the king.Only then would Shining Armor strike.

The prince was taken to his usual changing room where he looked over the large selection of clothes in his size before his shower. He pondered what he should wear to make Sombra happy, digging into the knowledge he was programmed with. The king liked forcing stallions to dress like mares. It was a fetish of his. He liked roleplaying as well, which explained why there were so many outfits in the crate. Canterlot maid uniforms, white nurse uniforms, schoolfilly uniforms with short plaid skirts, headbands with cat ears on them, and a butt plug with a fake dog tail on it. The tail was white, fluffy, and curled up. It was likely supposed to resemble a samoyed dog’s tail. Shining considered it.

“He does call me his pet.” The unicorn thought to himself. “Might as well play the part.” He reached into the crate and grabbed the tail, quickly popping the plug into his mouth so that he could lube it up. The taste of another stallion’s dried spit on the plug was something Shining so desperately wanted to find disgusting. But he found himself sucking on the plug like it was a pacifier instead. He tongue wrapped around the plug, covering it in fresh spit while the unicorn continued to look through the crate. He managed to find a pair of knee socks with a pattern of little black paw prints covering them. Shining thought they were just the cutest things he’d ever seen, but he told himself that he was only grabbing them because they would go with his tail. A pair of sleeve gloves with the same pattern were buried at the bottom of the crate along with a pair of panties that had a hole in the shape of a heart over the butt. Shining decided not to wear anything over his chest and laid his chosen clothes out on the makeup counter so that he could shower.

Shining’s shower was uneventful, except when he shoved the butt plug up his ass. After having a vibrator in there for several hours, sticking the well lubed plug up his butt was rather easy. Although the unicorn still put on his show for the hunky guard watching him, the stallion at the corner of the room made no attempts to grope, kiss, or touch Shining Armor in any sexual way. This didn’t mean that the guard wasn’t graciously eyeing up Shining’s ripped body as he dried off and slipped his chosen outfit on. The unicorn admired himself in the mirror after putting on his makeup. The bulge in his panties stuck out a good 3 inches from his body, and that was with a soft cock. Shining’s cheeks burned bright red as he looked at himself. He had to admit, he looked sexy as hell. Hopefully his king would agree.

Once dressed the guard clipped the leash back onto Shining’s collar and led him out of the changing room. He did not go into the courtyard however. Instead he was taken through a small hallways and into a room filled with at least 20 guards. They were standing out, some chatting with each other, some polishing their armor or getting ready to do their work, and others playing with one of the two cum covered stallions in the room.

On the left side of the room was a pony that Shining recognized as Soap Stone. The former guard was sat in the lap of a much larger earth pony, bouncing up and down on his cock. Bouncing was the wrong term actually, it was more like the larger pony was picking Soap Stone up and dropping him down over and over again. He had Soap’s legs up on the air pressed nearly behind his back, and the small stallion’s head forced to look down at his own engorged cock. Soap Stone looked almost dead and if it hadn’t been for his cock suddenly spasming and firing off a meager load of white hot cum on the floor, Shining would have been convinced that he was. The former guard didn’t react at all to the giant cock in his ass, his own orgasm, or the no doubt painful position he was contorted into. Soap Stone didn’t react to anything at all and Shining Armor had no idea why.

On the other side of the room was a gray colt who was practically glazed in cum. He looked like he must have just turned 18 only a couple days ago. The colt was breathing loudly, with his tongue hanging out of his mouth. A guard was positioned behind him, rapidly pistoning his cock in and out of the colt’s thoroughly used hole until he finally moaned in pleasure and pulled out. Quickly the guard ran around with his dick in his hand, until he was standing in front of the colt where he let his dick fall on the colt’s face with a wet smack. The guard moaned again and let his seed slowly spill out onto the colt’s face where it ran down over his eyes, mouth, nose, and cheeks. It was like a white mask had covered the small pony’s entire face. It slowly dripped off in globs onto the floor.

“How many is that, slut?” The guard asked.

“13 s-sir.” The colt responded slowly.

The guard turned towards the other side of the room and shouted. “Hey! We’re at 13 over here. What about you guys?”

One of the guards on the left side of the room shouted back. “15! Better step up your game or else we win the bet!”

A sudden nudge to his stomach got Shining’s attention. He turned to see the guard who was walking him standing very close.

“Who are you rooting for?” He asked in a whisper.

“Wh-what do you mean?” Shining asked in return.

“They’ve got a little bet going. Soap Stone was blanked yesterday. And this colt showed up outside our door with a bottle of lube. We’re trying to see which one is a better fuck. I have my money on the colt, but apparently the blankey’s ass muscles are stuck flexing so he’s super tight. What do you think?”

“I..I don’t know. What’s ‘blanking’?” Shining asked in confusion.

“Eh, don’t worry about that. Anyways, I ponyally still believe in the colt. I used him on the front lawn before I brought him in here and I’ll tell you, I’ve never come that fast.”

The guard yanked Shining Armor forward by his neck, making the unicorn speed up. They continued through the room, with guards of all shapes and sizes eyeing up Shining on the way through. Several of the whistled at unicorn, and some yelled the various sex acts they wanted to perform on him, but none of the guards made an attempt to actually touch the very exposed stallion. Shining found this incredibly odd. Sombra’s normal guards were known to be very handsy and the unicorn had never gone a day without at least 3 guards groping his ass. He decided not to comment on it, fearing that bringing attention to the guard’s new behaviour might cause them to revert back to their old ways.

The two ponies finally exited the guard barracks and Shining found himself in a familiar T junction that connected to the throneroom and the slave cells. Normally Shining would have been coming out the slave cell doors and in fact it would have been quicker if, after his shower, Shining had been lead back through the training room, into the slave cells, and finally into the junction. However, that route would not have taken him through the guard barracks where he was eye candy for a bunch of horny stallions. Sombra likely ordered that Shining be taken through the barracks.

The guard pulled Shining up to the large double doors that towered over the two ponies. With a push, the guard forced the doors open revealing the massive throne room. Inside stood King Sombra, the mightiest stallion in all of Equestria. His loyal and fully nude dragon Spike stood behind him with a soft, happy smile on his face. In front of the king, on his knees, was an orange stallion wearing nothing more than a sparkly cape that draped down over his lithe figure. The little orange unicorn was cute, with a tiny beard that hung down from his chin, a small pair of spectacles that he kept pushing up his muzzle, and a fancy pattern in the fur around his hooves that almost made it look like he was wearing socks. The unicorn was kneeling with his face pressed up against King Sombra’s massive horsecock. He was running his tongue up and down the king’s dick, smearing the side of his face with his own spit and matting his fur as a result. The only off putting thing about this stallion were his dark red and green eyes that emitted a steady stream of smoke. They were nearly identical to the king whose cock he was in the process of worshipping.

The king was far away, but his deep booming voice was loud enough for Shining Armor to hear from the doorway. “And you’re certain you can create the desired effect?” The king asked the unicorn at his feet.

The orange pony reluctantly stopped his licking and looked up at the king. “Yes my king! Well, mostly certain. Almost completely mostly certain. I’d like to do at least um… 2 more tests. If that’s alright with you, my gracious king.” The stallion planted a small kiss on the king’s dick before looking up at him with puppy dog eyes. The cuteness of the eyes was hampered by the corrupt look in them, but it seemed to work on Sombra. Either that or the King just wanted the little orange unicorn out of his hair.

“Very well Sunburst. I’ll find you 2 more lab rats. But you had better get me what I want.”

“Oh yes, my king! Anything for you.”

At this point King Sombra looked over and saw Shining Armor standing in the doorway. An evil smile creeped onto his face.

“Begone now Sunburst. I will have the guard bring you the new stallions when I find them. For now I have business to attend to.”

Sunburst looked over at Shining Armor as well, a tinge of jealousy clearly visible on his face. But the unicorn said nothing more than “Yes, my king.” before he got up and walked past Shining and out the door.

Sombra approached Shining Armor slowly, his eyes scanning the stallion up and down. Shining was left to looked around awkwardly, trying not to make eye contact with the large pony who was eyeing him up like a piece of fruit.

“Is that cute little outfit for my sake?” Sombra asked with an obvious gloating tone. He knew that he was in full control here and intended to take advantage of it. Shining Armor said nothing though.

“I asked you a question, slut.” Sombra spat at the unicorn, his words suddenly much more threatening.

The former prince straightened up his posture and locked eyes with the evil king he hated, and also found immensely sexy, but mostly hated. “Yes, my king. I chose this outfit for you. I hope you like it.”

“Gooood boy.” The king said slowly, letting the words drip off his tongue like honey off a spoon. “Spike! Heel!” He suddenly shouted. The dragon rushed up beside him, falling to his knees obediently and looked straight ahead. Shining, wanting to take the lead, also dropped to his knees. “Oooh, is someone excited to be my little pet?” Sombra asked teasingly.

The guard unclasped the leash on Shining’s collar and left the room with a bow. Shining was left there with Sombra, Spike, and 3 elite guards.

Wait… only 3 guards?

“Wondering where the rest of my guards are?” Sombra asked suddenly. Shining looked up at him shocked. Was his confusion that obvious? “Do not look so surprised. It was pretty obvious that you were confused. The rest of my guards are off collecting the fresh meat. I like to be personally involved in picking which stallions receive the honor of being trained by me. They will be bringing me the latest ponies they have captured after lunch.”

Sombra grabbed the two males at his feet by the backs of their collars and picked them up enough that only their feet were left to drag along the ground when he walked them over to his throne. Sombra dropped the two of them at the foot of his massive crystal chair, which he then took a seat in. He leaned back and stared down at the two males. His eyes moved between the dragon and the pony with an odd look.

Finally the king’s eyes settled on Shining Armor. “You are new here, pet. So I will let you watch and learn. Spike!” The king’s eyes shot over to the dragon, who was already up on his feet apparently knowing exactly what to do. The dragon moved quickly, pushing the king even further back into his seat and pulling his soft red cape out of the way to reveal his quickly hardening member. Spike jumped into the king’s chair and began grinding his soft, scale covered ass into the large pony’s lap.

“Do keep in mind though Shining.” Sombra said, peering around Spike to stare at the unicorn on the ground. “That you do not exclusively have to watch.” To show what he meant the king reached a hand down and gently fondled his balls, tossing the two large orbs up and down before the prince’s eyes.

With his point made the king returned his attention to the horny dragon twink in his lap. Sombra’s cock was fully erect and sticking up between Spike’s asscheeks. The dragon moved his hips up and down, giving his master great pleasure. The soft scales on his ass felt pleasant as they rubbed against the tender flesh of Sombra’s cock, and the dragon’s tight little asshole winked as it grinded up against the hard dick.

The two of them went at it in Sombra’s throne for several minutes before the mighty stallion grabbed Spike’s hips and lifted him straight up. He did not drop Spike, but he did lower him with great force. The dragon was rapidly impaled on Sombra’s cock, moaning loudly. His voice was high pitched like a little filly’s and echoed off the walls of the throneroom.

King Sombra kept his grip on the dragon’s hips tight and forced the weak little slut up and down his cock. Spike let out another sexy moan every time he was forced down on the throbbing cock in his ass. He had to reach out and put his hands on the king’s chest to steady himself until he got into the groove. Once Spike understood the rhythm he dropped his hands and moved his head in close. He ran his tongue over Sombra’s chest, licking up the sweat that was covering his fur and circling his sensitive nipples with his agile dragon tongue. Spike wrapped his lips around one of the king’s nipples and applied the most gentle touch he could with his sharp teeth. The king groaned in pleasure at the feeling and started fucking the dragon’s immensely warm asshole even harder.

While this went on Shining Armor watched in awestruck amazement from the floor. At some point when Spike was hotdogging Sombra, the former prince decided to throw away any pretense of his former heterosexuality, even if just for a moment, and embrace this new gay side of himself, as well as the love for King Sombra that he had tried to fight off. For just a moment, Shining wanted to feel some happiness. So, the unicorn had his strong hand wrapped around his own cock, furiously stroking it back and forth as he watched the rough sex in front of him. He wanted to be in Spike’s position so bad. Wanted to feel his master’s thick horsecock thrusting in and out of him like a piston. Everytime Sombra’s thick dark gray cock pulled out of the dragon’s ass it was a covered in a gleaming coat of fluid that Shining wanted to lick off. There really was no point for him to fight it anymore. As soon as Sombra brought up licking his ballsack Shining Armor was practically drooling.

The unicorn moved forwards as best he could while still furiously jacking himself off until he sat mere inches away from Sombra’s fur covered sack. The king’s testicles were large, far too big for Shining to fit both in his mouth. Shining leaned in close to Sombra’s balls, they were bouncing up and down as he thrust into Spike over and over again. The smell was disgu… no. It was fantastic and Shining Armor desperately wanted more. He pressed his face against his master’s ballsack and breathed in deeply. The pure, unfiltered scent of the stallion who owned him and the rest of Equestria was intoxicating.

Slowly, the pet extended his tongue and licked one of Sombra’s big hairy balls. He dragged his tongue up it, then pulled it into his mouth. Shining Armor suckled on the testicle, feeling the rapid heartbeat of his king in his mouth. Shining let the actual ball itself fall back but kept the skin in his mouth, gently biting down on it. The king grunted, giving Spike a hard buck. Apparently master liked that. Shining released the skin and went to try and suck the other testicle into his mouth.

After a while the king delivered one final thrust, erupting inside of Spike. The dragon clutched his master, holding the groaning stallion close to him as his ass was filled with a deluge of hot cum. Shining Armor knew that the orgasm was coming. He could feel his master’s balls swelling in his mouth. Sombra’s copious sperm couldn’t be kept inside of Spike’s ass and began to slowly pour out around the king’s cock. It dripped down slowly, some small globs landing on Shining’s face, but most of it flowing down Sombra’s shaft like white rivers towards his ballsack. Shining obediently licked up the cum, nearly collapsing in a heap as his own orgasm overtook him. The taste of the king’s cum was overpoweringly good. It was salty with just a hint of sweetness. The taste was overwhelmingly male, and Shining slobbered all over his master’s balls as he desperately licked it all up.

Sombra fell back and relished in the afterglow while his two slaves busied themselves cleaning up the mess they made. Spike got out of his master’s lap with much reluctance joined Shining Armor on the floor. The two quickly began to clean Sombra’s shaft, running their tongues up and down the length trying to gather as much cum and anal juices into their mouths as they could.

“Be sure to savor that my pets. It will be your lunch.” King Sombra said in between heavy breaths.

“Yes master.” The two said in unison. Shining and Spike cleaned up as much of the obvious mess as they could, swallowing the thick and sticky fluids that they licked up. Then they moved on to the stray traces of semon on the ground and the king’s lap. This they did not swallow, instead keeping it in their mouths to swish around and taste. Shining didn’t understand why this was what he wanted to do, but he was far past caring. The unicorn sat before his king with a mouth full of cum, happy as could be.

Shining Armor tried to go back to his old self, but the taste of the cum in his mouth made that nearly impossible. Shining couldn’t think of mares or all the horrible stuff that Sombra did on a regular basis. His every thought was focused on the stallion before him who looked like an ancient Greek sculpture come to life, and the taste of that stallions hot cum sitting on his tongue.

Eventually a guard walked into the throne room carrying a silver platter. The guard walked up to Sombra and sat the platter down beside him, pulling away the lid to reveal a plate full of noodles. Shining wasn’t very familiar with spaghetti, but the dish looked like fettuccine alfredo. The strong smell of a lavish meal was almost foreign to Shining Armor. He had spent so many months eating disgusting kibble, now Sombra sat above him eating fine dining.

Hopefully his master would allow him to try a bite.

“Your meal, my king. It has already been tested for poison.”

“Good. How are the new ‘applicants’ coming along?”

“The train will be pulling up within the next hour my king.”

“Excellent. You are dismissed.”

“Yes, my king.” The guard bowed before his ruler and backed away. Shining didn’t know where the guard went. His eyes were focused on the delicious meal his master had.

Sombra picked up his cutlery and looked down at the two slaves before him. By the looks on their faces one might assume he had been starving them.

“You two want some of my food?” Sombra asked with a coy smile.

They nodded their heads in unison, both of their mouths still full.

“Well, as Spike knows, my pets eat after I eat. And that’s only if they give me a good show. After all, it’s hardly a meal if there is no entertainment to go along with it.”

Sombra’s gaze passed between the two slaves. He looked like he was expecting them to do something but Shining could not figure out what it was that he wanted. Spike’s eyes scanned his master’s face for any clues as to what the stallion wanted but got nothing.

“Well? I’m waiting.”

Shining Armor was the first one to make a move. He turned to his side and grabbed Spike’s face, pulling the dragon in close. The two of them locked lips, pushing their tongues into each others mouths.

“That’s better.” Sombra said approvingly as he finally stabbed his fork into his food.

The two slaves, eager to give their master a show, made out with each other on the ground, swapping around the thick horsecum in their mouths. When their lips parted it dripped out slowly, falling onto their bodies and rolling down slowly to the ground. Shining Armor wrapped his hands around the small dragon, holding him close. Spike gave off so much heat, it was oddly comforting. And his thin lizard-like tongue was able to wrap itself around Shining’s tongue and constrict it, pulling the unicorn’s tongue wherever the dragon desired. The dragon usually desired for it to be nearly to the back of his throat. They toppled over and rolled around on the ground, their hands roaming anywhere they pleased. Pinching, twisting, and outright groping anything they wanted.

The two males, pets to King Sombra, were in heaven as they made out with each other for the viewing pleasure of their master.

“Good boys.” King Sombra said, his only word of approval as he watched his already mind broken dragon go at it with the apparently newly mind broken stallion. Watching the little white unicorn go at it on the ground, Sombra had a sudden and very strange feeling in his chest. It was one he had never felt before. It was hard to describe, Sombra wasn’t quite sure if there was an actual word for it, but he knew that if Shining Armor stayed as he was at that very moment. Completely and utterly his. It would make the king very happy. A new kind of happy, one that he had never felt before.

As the king finished his meal, pushing a few noodles to the side of his plate for the good pets who gave him an excellent show, Sombra wondered what this new and mysterious feeling was. And what it would mean going forward.