What is the first thing you think of when you see an asterisk?

Maybe that means that there are conditions to something you have to agree too, or it’s the signal of a footnote at the bottom of the page, or it means there is an exception to the rule. Therein lies the Question: What is your first thought of a pony with an asterisk for a cutie mark, in rainbow colors?

Gay?  Possibly, but that still leaves the crossroad.  Is this individual pony an overlooked footnote, or an exception to a predefined rule?

This is the story of a mare who goes from the former, to the latter.