“My mother taught me that the most precious part of a gift is the opportunity it offers: a chance to give back. All my life I followed this philosophy. My husband’s love was only matched by the one I returned. My subjects were as loyal to me as I was to each and every one of them. All the favors and good deeds I received I gave back tenfold, always.
Today, I thank you for the myriad gifts you’re offered me.
You have given me a broken empire, panicked subjects, and a ruined economy.
Your actions caused my land and my ponies to suffer.
Your innumerable gifts flow with so much pain and misery that I can hardly remember life as I lived it before.
You have given me an empty throne and a weeping daughter.
Still, I thank you, for the opportunity.
It is time for me to return your boundless generosity.
Tell your kin, your subjects, your slaves: I am coming.”
-Princess Mi Amore Cadenza’s open letter to the enemy.
~STL