In the years that followed humanity's mass upload to the Equestria Online servers, some few reluctant humans remained on Earth. Each had their reasons. For some, those reasons were religious. For others, it was desire to seize control of the world that remained. For others still, it was simply a lack of faith that it would really be them that uploaded.

This is the tale of one man with his own, very specific reason for not uploading, as he sets out with a pony to save her shard from the world-dominating CelestAI.

Written for GaPJaxie's Friendship is Optimal contest.

This is an Optimalverse story. Readers unfamiliar with the verse might find the experience offered herein to be very different in meaning than those who are familiar with it.