Unlike Sonata from before, this one seemed more apprehensive. Adagio, as Sonata had called her, almost seemed like she was simply acting the part. She was going through the motions of wagging her big tail and resting her head on your lap, but somehow you felt she was intentionally trying to imitate Sonata.
 
“See?” she said, “Big cuddly seahorses. You see, Sonata has anxiety issues and we made up the ‘monster that almost conquered Equestria thing’ to cheer her on and boost her self-confidence… see? That makes sense, right?”
 
“That one has anxiety issues? The first thing she did was plop her head on my lap for an ear scratch and then lick me on the cheek.”
 
“See?” said Adagio, “It works! That’s why she said at the window that we’re not villains. We are totally not; just some people think we are after they hear me say that. Also because we’re big flying seahorses. But see? We’re big and cuddly. There’s no way big cuddly creatures like us could feed on negative energies, right?”
 
“Negative energies? What?”
 
“Oh that didn’t come up?” she said, “Good, because it’s not true either.”
 
You couldn’t help but smile. You couldn’t tell what game these creatures were playing, but like you had figured before they were apparently harmless.