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Starlight was now beginning to feel cramped since Moonlight was stretching and nearly taking over the whole bed. She squirmed and tried to wiggle towards her own side of the bed to make more room for herself. There wasn't much of a way to do that without falling over, though, so she relented and let Moonlight take the space, along with that smug grin of hers.
"I would hope that the situation is dealt with by then as well. The longer Limbo Dreams and Silver Tongue are out there looking for 'Ascension', the more dangerous they become.
A reward, you say? What sort of reward would the guards be granting us? We sought after a 'reward' before and you know where that almost led us. To be honest, the only reward that could be satisfactory to me is for the guards to leave us be after this, and ensure that we don't have to be involved in something like this again." Starlight said with resignation.
Starlight wondered what sort of 'award' Moonlight was thinking of anyhow. Money? Starlight didn't need to be rich, not when she had magic. Fame? That just meant more ponies could find out about what she did in her village. She was sure Moonlight had many more possibilities in her mind, but they didn't matter to Starlight. Nothing material really mattered right now that her whole life was destroyed. Even if it was for the better, it still left the unicorn feeling lost.
Where do I go from here? What sort of purpose do I have now? Starlight pondered as her heavy eyelids drooped.
"New manestyles?" Starlight asked, gently tugging at the ends of her mane. "You may have to help me find a new look. Preferably, something that doesn't completely change my current style. I like my long, striped mane."
She chuckled inwardly at that, remembering all the terrible styles that her villagers had to wear. It took a long time for the town barber to cut hair properly without hurting somepony, ever since his stylist Cutie Mark was stripped away. Starlight was so afraid of his scissors then that she opted to keep her mane the way it was. She argued it looked just like everypony else's, since it followed the general rule of having double bangs. Nopony questioned her, although she wasn't sure anymore if that was because she was so convincing or if the villagers were too afraid to question her at all.
Starlight mumbled a "goodnight" back and swiftly fell asleep. She was so tired that she didn't bother trying to maneuver around Moonlight anymore.