Our Creation Myth

“Do you think of yourself as evil?”

Hisan asked this as he and the sphinx sat together beneath a wash of stars. At night, the desert was cool and all was still.

“I think of myself as a sphinx,” she responded.

Hisan looked up at her and his eyes were sad. “Then why do you ask us questions about monsters, and heroism—and hope.”

“Because despite these being the words of ponies, few of you know what they truly mean.”