Don't princesses get ponies?

Recluse chuckled as she watched her little girl struggle to hide her exhaustion and a yawn pulled her jaws apart. She couldn't help a little flair of guilt though at her daughter's words. "Have you ever asked dad to take you out during the day?" She asked softly. She wished she could take her children out under the sun, wished she didn't have to keep them hidden away in the dark. "When you're older you'll be able to chose when you want to sleep and when you want to play." Were her children missing out on something by her using her own nocturnal schedule for them? She knew there were things she'd never get to have under the light of the moon, colors were more muted and many animals went into hiding at night but it was a sacrifice she'd made for herself, for her own health... Was it fair to ask that of her children?



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