Steel bent down and looked at him in concern. “You okay?”

“I…may have skipped breakfast as well.” He smiled sheepishly.

The other stallion rolled his eyes and mirrored his smile, patting his shoulder also before gesturing for him to leave. Drill nodded and began walking away as Steel went back to work.

Not long later Drill caught sight of the kids he had working the ore grinder, but his smile vanished and his eyes shot wide the moment he laid eyes on the situation.

One of the kids, a blue pegasus, had just started screaming when Drill turned the corner.

His right wing had got stuck in the grinder, and was slowly pulling him inside…

Art by Roki, posted with permission and commissioned by me.