Emerald says if it’s too hard for her that he can read it for her. He tries to put inflections in the right place so that it’s subtle enough to sound like an insult but with plausible deniability.
 
“I can read it!” Papillon says flushing suddenly, “I just don’t want too! I bet you are lying though, here! Read it! Prove you can!”
 
She forces the book into Emerald’s hooves and he sits down and begins to read.
 
It’s a story about a pirate who attacks the ship of a princess who is traveling back to her kingdom from visiting a far off land. They take her hostage, and though at first she thinks he is a slovenly brute she seems to start to warm up to him.
 
Emerald stops reading right in the middle of the story to ask if Papillon is hungry. He is getting an idea.
 
Startled, she looks up and says, “Yes I… Err.. Guards!”
 
The guards were standing near the entrance to the library, so it takes a second for one of them to poke their heads around the corner.
 
“I want some snacks. Sweets, if you have them.”
 
The guard rolls his eyes and nods.
 
“Now, finish the story!” Papillon says, gruffly.
 
Now it’s just one guard, the filly, and himself.
 
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