The Divide

"Rainbow!"

She let the words pass right through her. He wrapped his arm around her, but she gently pressed her hoof against his chest,

"Dad!" she snapped, "The flying hay were you doing out there!"

He was about to speak before she cut him, "You could hav

"Look, Dash. I volunteered to serve on this fleet because it's my duty to protect Equestria.

"You're not a fighter, dad," Rainbow Dash said bitterly. "All you ever did was put out fires. I know firsthand about Griffons and just tossing water on them won't cut it."

"I saved lives, Dash." Her dad emphasized, keeping his calm tone.

"And what if you died, Dad?"

Her words cut him like a blade. He didn't feel like this since many years ago when the incident happened. If he failed to save everyone back then, what prevented him from perhaps saving his ow-

Attention! Attention! All senior officers, please report to command station. Junior officers, as well. Repeat, all senior and junior officers, please report to the command station.

"Good luck."

He shouldn't