[==*I wanted the title to be Neoverse- The Time I Characterized Gallus as Myself- but it was ONE character too long. :/

“If anything, you look more conspicuous with the cloak on.” Gallus noted as the three moved down another long, crystal hall. He stopped only for a moment to make sure his daughter was still fluttering behind him, then continued.

Cozy shrugged. “Not like it’ll make a difference anyway. Princess Twilight’s opinion of me certainly can’t get any worse.”

“You’re not going to try to make it better, then?”

“I gave up on that long ago.”

After many wrong doors and what could probably be called meandering, they finally made it to the library. Twilight wanted to write down a few notes on the first known Griffon-Pony hybrid; or something like that. And Gallus had already been in Ponyville, so why not meet her there?

Cozy had tagged along for some reason, despite her adamance about being uncomfortable around the princess.

Gallus had learned by then not to pry. It wouldn’t end well.

Not even the pegasus herself quite new the reason for her visit, only that when Gallus had mentioned he’d be going, she immediatly knew she should go, too.

“Oh, hello.” Sombra said with her back to them, rifling through a stack of papers. “She’s just gone to get some materials. That was a few minutes ago, so she’ll probably be back soon.”

Gallus nodded, despite knowing the alicorn couldn’t see him, and resorted to just kind of looking around. It took him an oddly long time to notice Cozy’s intent staring. “What is it?” He whispered.

“I think I know her.”

“That’s probably because she’s, like, one of our rulers.”

The pegasus glared at Gallus for a moment, then returned to staring.

“Don’t do that. It’s pretty creepy.”

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A few notes:

1. After already drawing Gallus’ element, I remembered that it’s actually supposed to be a shard. Oops.

2. The filly (is that what you’d call her?) on his back is his and Sandbar’s daughter, Shoal.

3. Cozy has a lot of enemies, so goes around wearing a cloak. She started wearing it as soon as she became old enough to live on her own. Surprisingly, she chose to stay in Ponyville.

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