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The earth pony chuckled, "Sure, I know a couple ah' book stores in town and the series is a very popular read", smiling at Gaizi's bare excitement once he began to realize what the stallion was actually comparing him to.
The stallion smirked a little as they were led to their table, it was a pretty silly thing to lie about, after all growing up in the arid Appleloosa he learned at an early age the earth pony way: community. Community was what ponies thrived at and it could only be maintained through honesty, integrity and empathy. How far he felt from that world in so short a time, what happened to that colt who refused to compromise himself? He wondered. The little pony who came clean and was suspended for his minor role in the pranking of a certain deputy, all so he could continue his day with a clear conscience? He remembered how appalled he was at first, appalled but understanding, of the lies he saw agents tell in order to further their objectives. A part of him like it: the thrill of the chase, the game ever changing. Another part of him would be honest about the slippery slope he found himself on and, compassionately, express concern for where this person he had become is going.
Giving an exaggerated hand motion to the table, he bowed to Gaizi jokingly "After you, sir" before smiling and laughing while they deposited their things and went to eat. Jar made his way to the hay burgers, a good go to for any country born pony, and nodded to Gaizi "anything here lookin' good fer ya?"