“Um… if you don’t mind me asking, why is there an EUP unit heading for Ponyville?”
“You would have to ask Lieutenant Vines, ma’am. He’s in charge of the mission. We haven’t been instructed about what we can talk about yet.”
“Which one is Lieutenant Vines?” Minuette asked, curiously.
“He’d be the one up front by the coffee cart, reading the orders, ma’am,” another earth pony stallion informed them. This one was a comparatively stout fellow, just a bit wider than the other soldiers but not excessively so. He was dark brown with an even darker mane and tail. “Sergeant Semicolon at your service. Best not to bother the lieutenant until he’s done with his reading.”
“And I’m Private Bedknobs, ladies! Pleased at meet ya!” the rather scruffy looking… um… other than being vaguely equine, none of the four mares were sure if Private Bedknobs was really a pony or just a set of features that sort of resembled a pony in dim light. “You are female, right?”
“I’m going to go sit over there,” Lemon Hearts stated nervously. “Way over there. In the next car.”
“I think I’ll join you,” Twinkleshine agreed.
The four mares rapidly made themselves scarce.
“Oi! Carrot!” Bedknobs complained. “You’re huge size done run off the fillies again!”
“Yes, I’m sure that was why they ran off, Bedknobs,” Sergeant Semicolon commented with dry sarcasm.
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