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Okay!

[Pinkie, you tease.]

Come on, let's pick some!

[It's all worth it for blackberries.]

Alright.

[Except she can't... guarantee she won't just gobble up any berries they pick. But she'll try to be patient.]

[That's okay, MOST of these well go into the ice cream, but a couple will somehow make their way into Pinkie's mouth too.]

Mmmm yup, these are perfect for ice cream right now!

[She's glad she isn't the only one with no self control. She can't help it! They're so delicious.]

I didn't know you could grow blackberries on a ship so successfully. I should try it on the Heron.

[Hey, her Element's Laughter, not Temperance.]

Let's see... I think four cups oughta do it, maybe five if we want if VERY blackberry-y!

Five it is.

[She is serious about her love of blackberries.

And chicken, but she doesn't mind leaving that part out for the vegetarian pony.]

How long have you been growing all of this?

Since the hand-holding planet! I spent all month getting the wood and the soil, but I had a LOT of help moving and carving the wood, so it went a lot faster!

And then I bought some bushes and vines and seeds and yearling trees. AND Hiro gave me this lamp set for growing them too, AND it makes a nice basking corner for Gummy and Drogon!

You've done well.

[She's impressed. But then, she's always impressed when blackberries are involved.]

Who are they?

Oh, Drogon is Captain Dany's baby dragon! He's from her world, but the tree on the last planet gave her his egg! Neat, huh?!

[And Right on cue, a very tiny, bright green gator pops out of Pinkie's mane like a prairie dog.]

And THIS is Gummy! He's from MY world, the tree brought him here too! Say hi, Gummy!

[Blink, blink. Quite chatty, this one.]

Indeed.

[She's... mostly killed dragons in her time. But a baby is hardly something to go after.

Anyways, she starts at the sudden gator. What the fuck Pinkie, do you always keep crocodilians in your mane??]

That - [She squints, then steps closer.] You have a pet alligator?

[If it's even a pet. Somehow, it's weird to think of a pony owning an alligator.]

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[Hahaha, well. Drogon is definitely... something. (If Spike ever comes to the fleet, though, THAT'S a baby dragon Renart can interact with safely, he even makes tea and muffins!

As for the mane question: maaaaaaybe~?]

Yes indeedy~ Gummy's been with me since he was a teensy tinesy witty bitty baby-er gator! Hee, his birthday's even the day after mine!

[He's friendly too. See, he'll even plop down and try to give a love bite. It's... weird, the little thing doesn't seem to have a tooth in his head.]

Awww he likes you!

[Renart's going to go ahead and let him do that. He's more a kit than anything remotely close to a threat, and kits love to bite so it's all good.]

How do you have a pet? You're a pony.

[How do you know about French pastry? You're a fox.]

Oh, that's a REALLY good story!

[And so Renart is regaled by the wonderful, completely fleshed out story of how a teeny baby gator became Pinkie Pie's pet, and may also get some insight on why he's toothless. In this way, the fox is MUCH more fortunate than the rest of the fandom.]

... And THEN the tree brought him here when Cheese Sandwich and I held hooves, so he's been on board ever since!

[Sometimes life is complicated. And sometimes you know someone who happens to be an adorable pink pony without a mean bone in her body who happens to have a pet alligator and it's really confusing, but since you don't know all that much about her world and the fact that there aren't humans there might mean domesticated animals aren't really a thing?

She's willing to give Pinkie a chance on that at least. It seems bizarre for ponies to be subjugating other animals like humans do.

Still, she sighs heavily. And gives Gummy a small pat on the head.]

I would really like to see your home one day.

[Life IS complicated, especially in terms of Equestria's fauna. Some animal that are normally livestock are sapient and capable of forming whole cultures and countries with systems of government. Others are about the same level of intelligence as they are in the human world. (And it's probably best not to think too hard about talking cows in stables; maybe it's like an apartment complex?)

Some pets have been lifelong companions alongside ponies, like Gummy or Applejack's collie Winona. Some choose their ponies, like when Owlowiscious literally just swooped in and started helping Twilight, or when Tank the tortoise begged and even COMPETED to be Rainbow Dash's pet.

Yes, there are domesticated animals in Equestria, but they're treated with great respect from birth to death, and some even actively sought out and chose their owners. And frankly, Gummy couldn't think of a better life than being by this strange bouncy pink pony's side.]

Ooh, yeah, that'd be GREAT! You'd love it a lot, and I bet Fluttershy would LOVE you, her special talent's talking with animals and taking care of 'em!

[Equestria: It's complicated.

But it's better than earth! Probably.]

Oh? Do you mean rehabilitation when they get hurt?

[Equestria is best world.]

Yeah, that too! And talking to them, and making friends with them, and having them over for tea and book clubs!

[Wuthering Hooves goes great with mint tea.]

Back home humans were the only ones intelligent enough for tea and book clubs.

[Her tail waves slightly.]

I enjoy both.

Haha, then we've GOTTA get you to Equestria sometime!

Maybe we'll get lucky and stop there some day.

[Maybe, although it's not likely this universe and hers are the same.]

Theeeere we go, I think that should be perfect for the ice cream!

[Renart will keep her fingers crossed.]

Alright then. What's the next step?

Let's take these into the kitchen, and THEN we can start building the base for the ice cream!

Alright. [She'll help carry everything to the kitchen.] Did you make ice cream often back home?