Compass ran to where all the noise was. There was Plauge and Gearbox. Gearbox was lying on the ground, soaking wet. Compass noticed a small, purple thorn in his side. Her eyes widened and she yelled at the top of her lungs, "Oh, for Celestia's sake! He has a Tanma thorn sticking out of him!"
A Tanma thorn was the thorn of a plant thought to be extinct. These thorns always had very powerful poisons on them that could cause many different problems to equines.
She watched in suspense, along with the rest of the "crowd" as Plauge Doctor carefully took it out.