open Casual stroll

[Blitz Boom 4,626]

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Brittle lowered her head shyly with a blush on her face.

 

"I-it's uhm... O-okay... Thanks? I-I think..."

 

She scuttled over and hid slightly behind Briar again, but kept her eyes on Storm. She felt a little more safe talking with somepony like this, even if she'd kinda... Liked the hug. It was very different from what normally happened when she were around ponies, but for once, it wasn't something bad.

 

Still, it was a little... She had to get used to it. At least she thought so.

 

The mention of night had made her look up and realise that the day were over as well. Sometimes it was very weird to see how fast it changed, but she liked the night. It was more peaceful, and she could usually get close enough to town to be able to see things without being afraid of somepony attacking her. It also usually meant dinner, but... She were already full now, so... She wasn't sure what to do now.

 

Briar had also noted the shifting day, but beyond twitching with is left front hoof a little when it happened, he didn't seem affected by it.

 

It was a small amount of adjustment going on really. Since he were somewhat light sensitive in the regard that he could feel when the light baked down on him, the transition could disorient him for a small amount of time, but nothing that would normally get noted by anypony.

 

The moonlight were pleasant certainly, nothing against that, but it was a great difference to feel that compared to the sun. Light were not just light after all, it had it's nuances and strength, to mention a few things. Made it easy to make out the difference between normal light and say... That of the lamps in Manehatten. Well, most of them anyway, but that was a minor detail.

 

 

 

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Excluding the small group headed towards the hospital and the batpony following them, the town were mostly at peace. Those that livened up the streets in the day had gone to rest pretty much as the night fell, leaving a quiet symphony to go along with the starry night, only interrupted slightly by the flapping of wings and the minor groups walk towards the ever-active hospital.

 

"*grumble* Stupid meds..."

 

The voice that broke into the small symphony of sounds were not near the group that had headed for the hospital, nor headed towards that way, but it was not far away from them. It was, however, enough to make it so that none of them noticed the other.

 

The mare the lowish voice belonged to were an earth pony, about a half head higher than normal mares with a slightly more robust look as well. Her fur were ash-coloured with a deep, onyx mane and tail, the tail being a little more bushy than normal and the mane looking like it had been cut into the slightly spiky/rough look it had, minus the braided length of it going down her right side. The braid were a hoof away from the ground roughly, and the end were locked with a golden spider, were the legs acted as a sort of claw mechanism to keep it there.

 

She had a minor array of scars going over her here and there, tied up hooves - by the looks of it with a few belts and a durable cloth of some sort - and a large scar going on her face, almost straight down and covering her closed left eye. On her back was a harness with a small satchel down the right side with a flash light sticking slightly out, and the left side containing a scabbard for a long, thin blade, but without any sword in it.

 

Her right eye were an icy blue and currently looking over a house to her right side and she kept grumbling. The few words that escaped would indicate she were in a somewhat annoyed state over something, but beyond the one mention of medication it wasn't certain what it was.

 

Her cutie mark is a deep, red spray going over a battered iron gate.

 

((OOC, Can't let you be alone and bored Midnight. ))

Edited November 1, 2014 by Blitz Boom

[Storm Shine 1,196]

@@Blitz Boom, 

 

Storm watched Brittle scamper over to Briar with a small smile. "She really is a cute little filly.." He thought as he sat himself down and looked to the sky, watching Princess Luna's wonderfully luminescent moon... "I hope there comes a time where she could be comfortable, with no need to be nervous..."

[Hurricane 159]

Midnight's attention was taken from the group at the hospital and immediately shifted to the black mare. She hid behind a bail of hay and watched the stranger. She thought she looked pretty cool. This mare wasn't like the others that she had seen. She intrigued Midnight so much that the bat pony dared to talk to her. "Why are you here?" Asked a curios yet cautious voice from the shadows.

[Blitz Boom 4,626]

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Briar were not entirely sure what went on, but as far as he could tell, Brittle and Storm seemed to come out well with eachother. It was a good thing, and something that he hoped would not change. The filly seemed like she hadn't had much positives in her days, and having somepony that showed her kindness would do wonders in the long run. There would still be a long way to go, but as a wise pony once said *Every journey of a thousand miles, starts with a single step* more or less. The direct wording got a little hazy to him at times.

 

"I don't think we're too far away from town currently. Since night have fallen, perhaps you would like to wander there for a little Brittle? They are likely all asleep now, so we could go undisturbed."

 

"Uhm... O-okay. But... I j-just..."

 

"Even if you're not hungry it doesn't mean you are not allowed in town. You have as much right to be there as anypony else, but if you prefer not to I will not press it."

 

"N-no, I... Want to..."

 

She scuttled a little closer, bordering on being close enough to be considered clingy, and watched up at him, then over at Storm Shine with the big, light-green eyes looking him over to see what he were doing. It looked like he were looking up into the sky, at the moon.

 

Brittle turned her look upwards a little and watched the blanket of the night punctuated with the great moon. It was still hard for her to believe that it was actually a pony that had created this. It was just so... Immense, and complicated, not to mention how much power it would take...

 

She bet a pony like Princess Luna were so powerful that she weren't afraid of anything or anypony. It must be nice to feel that.

 

 

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When the voice broke out the mare reacted instinctively. She stopped dead in her tracks, pulled her head down towards her left side and grabbed the blade in her muzzle before turning her head forward again, the handle of the sword secure in her mouth as she looked and stood towards the place the sound came from with a stubborn glimmer going over her icy eye.

 

Or well, that is what Would have happened. As it was, she got to the scabbard part before she realised there wasn't anything there, and let out a disarming sigh instead.

 

"Really smooth there Last Stand. Really bloody smooth."

 

She took a deep breath through clenched teeth and turned her head again, looking a little from side to side with the searching, icy-blue eye, but finding nopony.

 

"And now I'm hearing voices. That's just great. Remind yourself to tell the medical staff where to put those pills the next time they're offering."

[Storm Shine 1,196]

@@Blitz Boom, 

 

"To think that somepony could create something so big and beautiful..." Storm thought as he gazed at the moon. "It's really amazing... I can understand how Princess Luna was upset that nopony enjoyed her moon.." He mused. "But, on the flip-side.... Most ponies either don't have the energy to stay up nearly all the time and need plenty of sleep, or aren't nocturnal..."

[Blitz Boom 4,626]

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Briar wondered why the pair of them were suddenly so silent. He couldn't hear anything out of the ordinary, but after Brittle had responded it had gotten awfully quiet. They didn't even seem to move currently.

 

Perhaps they were watching the night sky? He had heard from other ponies that it looked marvellous, so it would make sense enough once you thought about it that they would take in the sight. if it was so, he would rather just wait instead of disturbing the sudden peace. The moments of that tended to be fleeting in his experience, so why chase off this elusive moment?

 

So he kept still and quiet, giving the two of them all the time they would need to soak in this moment.

[Storm Shine 1,196]

@@Blitz Boom, 

 

"Brittle...Briar... If you two want to go to walk around Ponyville a while, go ahead." Storm said suddenly. "I think I'm just going to stay here and.. Think for a while..." He informed them. "But it's up to you of course.. If you do go.. I hope you have a good time." Storm told them with a smile.

[Blitz Boom 4,626]

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"We will meet again at some point then mister Storm. Do take care until that moment arrives."

 

Briar understood the need for some alone time, and so did Brittle, that nodded slightly and gave Storm a weak smile.

 

"S-see you... Storm Shine..."

 

With that she began walking along with Briar, heading towards the town under the moons light. The trip would give them time to reflect over things as well, which in the case of Brittle meant over how it was nice to not wander around without any friends anymore, and in the case of Briar, over the dual thoughts of his new responsibilities and that of Discord.

 

They still had a little way to go, so there would be a good deal of time to let the mind wander.

[Hurricane 159]

Midnight was a little surprised at the mare's harsh attitude. She still wanted to talk to the pony. She flew up to the top of a building on the opposite side of the street.. She didn't think that this pony would be afraid of her, but she definitely might try to attack her. Midnight had to stay hidden and keep a low profile. "What are you doing here?" asked again from the roof. This time, only a faint figure of a hooded pony could be seen.

Edited November 2, 2014 by Houndoom

[awesomeoshawott 6]

Powerful Pen sat bored on his train ride to Ponyville. He dreaded public transport, it got rid of the childlike sense of exploration while traveling from landmark to landmark. It was times like this where he missed his little caravan the most. Powerful Pen shook his head, he shouldn't be thinking about work now it was time to relax. It was obvious that the non-stop meetings and negotiations were making him fatigued, so it was almost expected that Celestia instructed him to take some time off from being a diplomat. She suggested that Powerful Pen go to Ponyville to spend some time away from the city life of Canterlot. But why Ponyville? Powerful Pen asked himself. The first answer was that Twilight Sparkle lived there. Powerful Pen had met her before and they could carry a conversation but they weren't that good friends, calling them friends was even a massive overstatement. Powerful Pen sighed in a mix of sorrow and envy. Twilight not only was given every title possible by Celestia but was also basically given her ideal set of friends. Yes he was content with his lifestyle but everyone gets a bit lonely after some time in solitude. He could say some of his travelling companions and fellow diplomats were his friends but he was not sure if they gave him the same title. Perhaps Celestia knew that he was going to find a solid group of friends here of all places. Powerful Pen shook his head, he was being optimistic, one of the first lessons he learnt as a diplomat was that being optimistic might end an otherwise inevitable deal. Ponyville began to appear behind the mountain. Not close enough that it would be a few minute away but not far enough that it was out of sight. A glimmer of hope arose as Powerful Pen started to think that this trip may be better than expected.

 

(Note: this was made using a mobile device so blame all spelling and grammar mistakes on that. And also blame me being too lazy to make any edits.)

[Harmony Cube 80]

@@Harmony Cube,

 

Doctor Burny let out a sigh, closing his eyes and shaking his head a little.

 

"That she's passing out in the forest now is troubling, but it is good you were there to see it."

 

The doctor lead them outside the small room and closed the door, using a little bit magic to switch the slider on the door to *occupied*.

 

"I take it this ain't the first you've seen this one 'round Doc?"

 

Chipper thought that it a bit odd that the stallion seemed to not only know her, but also were prepared and seemed to know what her situation was, even without checking her further than what he had overheard the nurse from before saying.

 

"Unfortunately, no. This marks the fourth time I've seen her, and every time it's the same thing that brings her here. Passed out somewhere, normally around town, and then brought here when somepony found her and couldn't wake her up. This is the first time there have been others with her during the blackouts, but otherwise it's nearly identical.

 

You can relax though, it's not some sort of genetic disease or concussions that makes her pass out like this. She passed out because she doesn't sleep enough. From what she briefly told the last time I saw her, sometimes days pass with no rest and unfortunately, she doesn't understand that the body can't handle it. Eventually, the lack of energy will result in her brain shutting down and inducing a forced hibernation to survive, which is also why you can't wake her up. What little is left in her reserves is used to keeping her breathing and stable, which at least is a small comfort."

Book listened and nodded. "That's such a good thing to hear." Book said and was glad Blitz would be alright and didn't want her to be hurt since he was around, especially if she was to have a concussion around him. "So she'll just stay here for a night or two and then she'll be back to her normal and explosive self?" Book asked and looked at the sleeping Blitz, still a bit worried for her. Then he remembered that him and Disruptis woke Blitz up from her short nap and felt really bad and guilty for it being partially because of him stopping her from being able to sleep and be her normal self.

[Blitz Boom 4,626]

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Last Stand heard the voice and looked up to find that there were actually somepony. Somepony cloaked and starring down from a rooftop, but still, better than hearing voices.

 

"What I'm doing here? Wandering around with insomnia and cursing out the pain meds. What's it to you? You're the night guard around here or something? Cause far as I know, I ain't breaking any laws by mucking about."

 

She weren't as hostile as she had been just before, but she still had a very defiant look in her narrow eye and a tone that wasn't attacking or mocking, but rather carried a ring to it of somepony who were used to being very direct and not backing down. As if she were used to be against showing weakness.

 

There were still a bit of an aggressive edge to her words though, but that was mostly the insomnia talking. It could make anypony cranky.

 

((OCC, Bonus: I had 20 minutes and nothing to do, so here's a picture of her, minus the scars and equipment.))

 

 

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@@Harmony Cube,

 

"Correct. She just needs her energy, then she runs off and we're left wondering how long it'll take before she returns again. So far the record is 8 days, but hopefully that is a number that will increase in time.Because what she is doing now... It's not healthy.

 

Now then, if you would excuse me, I have a few patients to meet up with."

 

With that the doctor gave them both a little farewell nod and went on his way again down the halls.

 

Back at the now closed door, Chipper scratched his chin and looked at Book. He was a bit worried, but this was a safe place and the doc seemed to know what he was doing so there weren't much else they could do currently anyway.

 

"Well, it ain't all good news, but she'll be fine, that's the important bit.

 

I figure Dexxy might've gone of to get a little shuteye, and you still ain't looking all too fresh there mate, so I'm thinking that you're better of getting a round of snoring too eh?"

 

He could stay up for a bit more before he had to go on home, but the lad in front of him had been shaky enough even before they had to haul their flanks over here, and Chipper couldn't think that'd changed much during that walk.

 

((OOC: As with last night, consider yourself free to move onwards to the next day in case of your OC sleeping. The night shift will finish their posts in the meantime and catch up if it is. Thank you.))

[Harmony Cube 80]

@@Blitz Boom

"She lives alone, right? So, shouldn't she have another pony to watch over her?" Book asked. He sighed a bit when the doctor left and looked at Chipper. "But what about you?" Book asked him. He tried to rub the sleep out if his eyes so he could talk with Chipper sice he seemed like a nice pony.

[Blitz Boom 4,626]

@@Harmony Cube,

 

"I'll tell ya this much. I'm gonna have a lil' looksie at her place now and again t' see if she's still on her hooves."

 

Chipper let out a sigh. This day had turned pretty weird a few places and frankly, he wouldn't mind getting home and get some rest. Preferably before the wife had a chance to get worried he was still out when he had said he were just taking a small stroll.

 

"But fer now, she's asleep for a while, so there ain't nothing to worry about for that at least. So lad, anything else you might need ol' Chipper for?"

 

 

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"Hey, mind if I ride the rest out here? I like the view better from this cart, if it ain't troubling that is."

 

The voice came from the door and if Pen would look towards it, he would see a pink coated stallion with a swirling circle coloured in yellow on his right side sticking his head in, His mane were fluffed, going into dulled spikes like  several shark fins of cotton candy. The colour here were also yellow, though this did not seem to be a colouring job and rather the norm. The tail (which Pen couldn't see currently) were long, bushy and dragged a bit on the floor.

[awesomeoshawott 6]

"Umm ok." Pen responded. He was a bit annoyed, what right did he have to disturb him. He was perfectly fine Well he was a bit bored, perhaps someone to talk to wouldn't be that bad. "So where are you going tonight?" Pen asked trying his hardest to hide his social awkwardness. "I'm traveling to Ponyville."

 

(Still using a mobile device so can't do anything special like changing font color and style for speech. Also I don't know all the cool tricks used in forums like the @username thing.)

[Blitz Boom 4,626]

@@awesomeoshawott,

 

"Same here. I'm out to visit an old friend that plays the violin pretty well. She said there was something she wanted to talk about and I had nothing to do for a few weeks anyway, so why not eh?"

 

The pony spoke with a big grin on his face and a cheerful, but deep, tone.

 

When he got the green light to enter he let himself in, closing the door behind him and placing himself near the window, but still at some distance to Pen to give the dude some personal space. If Pen would check he would see that the swirl was only coloured into the coat of the newcomers right side, and on the left side there was just a regular colour. He could also see that the stallion was a blank flank if it was of some interest to him.

 

"Heh, been ages since I've been around the place, gonna be a good little visit.

 

Oh yeah, name's Smooth Wind. How's it hanging?"

[awesomeoshawott 6]

"I'm doing well if that's what your implying. I'm Powerful Pen, but you can call me Pen." Pen said. "As for going to Ponyville I'm going there for business reasons, well that's what it is officially anyway. It's more of a paid vacation."

 

Pen knew their personalities were incompatible, but still Twilight became friends with ponies Pen would see incompatible. For example Pinkie Pie who knew such a crazy pony would find herself friends with the booksmart Twilight. Perhaps this new acquaintance would become a good friend in the future.

[Hurricane 159]

Midnight listened intently to the dark mare. "I'm not the night guard. They don't come to Ponyville." she said in a monotonous tone. "Ponies don't normally wander around here at night." she paused. "Unless they're hiding." she added. "I've never seen you around here before."

[Harmony Cube 80]

@@Blitz Boom

"A-alright... You can go... I'll stay here and sleep a bit... I've been tired a lot of today..." Book sighed and yawned. He rubbed his eyes sleepily and sat in a chair, nearly falling asleep fully there.

 

(Filler. When you yawn you are cooling your brain off. The average yawn is six seconds long.)

[Blitz Boom 4,626]

@@Harmony Cube,

 

"Right then, I'll better get a move on. If ya need me, I'm usually fluttering around town when the sun's out, so we might meet at some point again. Try not to pass out before that eh?"

 

Chipper gave Book Quill a big ol' friendly grin and then went on his way through the hall, out of the hospital and then began the flight home, silently praying that his wife wasn't gonna scold him for being out this long. She might not be the strongest mare around but he'd be damned if she didn't have a way to get her point through.

 

((OOC. Well, learned something new today then. ))

 

 

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"Yeah, cause really, the best place to hide is in a town, in the middle of the night, with nopony else wandering the streets."

 

The sarcasm were pretty obvious in her voice when Last Stand responded to the cloaked pony. She really didn't think that this town were a good place to blend in currently, and even during the day? The hidden mare had already said there wasn't any guards in this town, so somepony with a scabbard for a sword down the side and covered here and there by scars would stand out like a pear tree on an apple farm.

 

"And considering I didn't even get to this place before last night that ain't a shocker. Less so when that time have been spent in the hospital.

 

Now then, who the hay am I talking to? Cause I ain't keen on being interrogated by somepony that won't even identify themselves.

 

And if it's cause you cant me to spill the beans first then fine. I'm Last Stand, and considering I don't have any weapons with me and the fact that these damn meds are putting a haze over my mind, I ain't a threat to anypony right now."

 

It wasn't exactly true, but if she was going to find out just who this one were she had to play loose with the facts a little. It wasn't much off though. Her injury, the meds and her disarmament did leave her in a bad position right now, and there was a chance she could loose. Not a chance she would acknowledge certainly, but still.

 

 

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@@awesomeoshawott,

 

Smooth Wind raised an eyebrow.

 

"Hey, I heard about you. The diplomat guy right? Pretty cool man."

 

He grinned a little bigger at him before sneaking a peak out of the window to see how far they were still away from town. It seemed to still be a way off though, so hey, more time to talk with this guy.

 

"With that sort of stress it ain't a wonder you need a little time off. Can't have that brain of yours melt out through your ears cause it got too hot in the noggin eh?"

 

Even if Wind had heard of him, and knew he was in a pretty high end job, he still spoke to Pen like he would anypony. High standing or low standing didn't really mean much to him, and the dude was on vacation anyway, so he was technically on the same wave as the rest of them now. Hopefully he'd cope with the country side of things instead of the big ol' boring meetings and get some rest for that mind of his.

[Hurricane 159]

"My name is Midnight Shade." she said. She jumped down from the building in front of Last Stand. She wasn't really afraid of her anymore. At fist, all that could be seen if her was her golden bat eyes. As she opened her mouth in a smile, her white fangs stood out. She then shook off her cloak and revealed her true self. She spread out her bat wings and swished her lion tail. Midnight smiled trying to be friendly and waited for Last Stand's response.

[Blitz Boom 4,626]

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"Midnight Shade huh? Fair enough."

 

Last stand didn't even look fazed when she was faced with the bat pony. She had heard that this place attracted a little of everything from all over Equestria both before and after she got here, and honestly? She had expected more towards rabid chimeras and not friendly bat ponies. it was a little disappointing, but whatever. She weren't in a position to fight right now as it was anyway.

 

It took a little of the edge off knowing who and what you were faced with for Last Stand, so although she still looked at the mare with a searching eye, her posture got a little more relaxed and some of the hardness from the sight fell away.

 

Still, the searching look didn't stop scanning over the pony until the dark mare spoke.

 

"Hmm... You don't look like a fighter. Guess it's true what I heard about town then."

 

This close to her Midnight should be able to see that the scar going over the dark mare looked like an old scar. It wasn't what had brought her to the hospital or gotten her on pain meds from the looks of it.

[Gloomfury 243]

After a long walk, Mezra finally made it to Ponyvillie. Mezra never cared for taking the train, she got tired of ponies staring at her and holding there noses. Sure she looks strange and she smells like the dead but that don't make her weird... right? She that to herself. But she's been walking around most of her life so she's use to it by now. As she walked though the dark and empty streets of the town she started to talk to herself whenever she thought she was alone. "After I find those plants in the Everfree maybe I should stay here a bit. It's been a while since I've been into a small town. After that one time back in Appleloosa.  How was I supposed to know that the buffalo burial grounds would be forbidden to outsiders. I wish someone would have told me that before I took that witch doctors skull."

[Hurricane 159]

"I only fight when I feel real danger." Midnight said calmly. "I normally try to scare away predators first." She spoke as if this was completely normal. "Wait, what did you hear about town? I don't really come around here often. I live in the Everfree and only come out to Ponyville at night when everypony is away. I guess the only exception would be Nightmare Night when it's fun to scare little ponies." Midnight got a playfully devious smile on her face. She tended to ramble on when talking about her little tricks.

[Blitz Boom 4,626]

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"Heard it was a place where a lot of different blood gathered up without getting at each others throats. Also heard that it was a place that had it's fair share of battles, but few that were actual fighters. No guards and bat ponies fluttering around the area tells it wasn't all stories I was fed after all."

 

Last stand kept looking over Midnight, though now just infrequently to make sure that the mare wasn't about to pull some sort of stunt. It was a reflexive way she looked others over really. She were used to situations where not being aware of even a small movement could result in a surprise attack, and considering everything, she was not about to be hit unaware.

 

"And what's in tarnation is *Nightmare Night*? Some kind of foal friendly holiday?"

 

((OOC This might seem like a weird question, but the sort Last Stand is in my head wouldn't know this type of thing. Please bear with it for now, and you'll see what I mean in the end. ))

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@@Gloomfury,

 

"A-are you sure?"

 

"Certainly. Few things calms the nerves more than a pile of dead leaves to rest in. The crumbling exterior and crusty sounds are awfully soothing, and holds the warmth better than you might think."

 

Two voices came from a side street that opened up into the part where Merza stood. The first one were quiet, nervous and shaky, belonging to the half-changeling that walked with her tail almost touching the ground and looked up on the somepony she was talking too. She walked lower to the ground, as if to brace herself against a strike.

 

The second voice belonged to an earth pony from the looks of it. Green and purple with a flower stuck in his mane, a necklace dangling from his neck and a cape sheltering most of his body but none of his legs. His eyes were closed shut and from the smiling mouth were a row of razor-sharp teeth.

 

Briar, the *earth pony*, turned his head once they got to the street and the air blew ever so slightly his way

 

"Brittle, stay behind me please. We appear to have company."

 

He turned towards the pony that he had smelled, the one wearing a thin veil of decay that had stepped into town, and gave of a great big, welcoming smile. A smile that might be a little off putting by the before mentioned sharp teeth.

 

"Hello there. A lovely night for a stroll, yes?"

 

He didn't know what the deal were with this one, but the smell made him a little wary on the inside. Decay could mean all sorts of things, and he had to think of keeping Brittle safe until he knew more.