"Whoa, woah!" the terrified stallion yelled as the gigantic armored insect appeared from behind the largest of the stone warehouses, shouldered its way onto the quay, and turned to head for the pier he was standing on. "What in Tartarus is that thing?!"

The longshorepony standing next to him looked him up and down with an expression of bored contempt. "Are you new, here?"

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Author's Note

Tourists.

Believe it or not, I managed to mangle even this short thing in the first draft. Jordanis to the rescue!