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Yo Ho Ho, A Human's Life For Me [Voice]

Well! I may be imprisoned, perhaps out of necessity, but that is no reason I can't enjoy having a human body. I've been watching you all, of course, but there's quite a difference between observing a human and being one!

I do not think I could do this long-term, I admit. A weakness on my part, but I would miss my magic and my wings dearly after a time. But since I expect this to pass fairly soon, as most of the curses and curious afflictions we have endured do, I feel no alarm in enjoying this.

Fingers are remarkable, and I can barely believe how easy these curved spines of yours make it to stand on my rear legs... or, excuse me, my only legs. I never properly appreciated how different it must be for you to always have two limbs free for manipulation, or even casual social gestures. I understand so much now!

I wonder if I can work up a spell of transformation...

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I'm afraid I must disagree on one point. I caused far more harm with my judgment impaired than the average pony could have done with, no matter how malicious. [And that is why she isn't annoyed.]

I'm going to guess that murder isn't a thing between ponies. It's for humans though, and it doesn't always have to do with malice.

Perhaps, but I think you are underestimating how much magical power is at my disposal. In Equestria my duty as Princess of the Day was to raise the sun each day, after all.

I am not making a judgement on how much magical power you have. Magical power that you yourself said moments ago that you lacked at the moment, so any danger it could pose is irrelevant now. And I don't think I heard anyone complaining about a royal pony throwing the sun at them.

[Pause.]

That would have been an amusing sight.

[Just like watching Ace throw a giant ball of fire that could have been a mini-sun at another ship.]

No, but I did fight several crews to a standstill. Had there been fewer of them or had they been less fortunate or skilled...

Then you probably would have killed them all.

[His words are blunt and his tone quite deadpanned.]

But that didn't happen, and even if it had happened, it's in the past. It has been, how many? Eight months? And I don't think you have caused any trouble since then, possessed or not, so I hardly see how you could be seen as dangerous now.

Eight months is a very short time, to me. But consider another thing -- wouldn't some people take advantage of the fact that they are not in their right body, just by their nature? What punishment could be inflicted on them for causing trouble?

Eight months, eight years, eight fucking millenniums...

The past is the past, and one wrong action shouldn't destroy a lifetime of good actions. I'm not saying it should be forgotten, it's part of you, whether you were in your right mind or not. But there's a difference between not forgetting and being all smiles and sunshines over being treated unfairly because "you could do it again".

And I don't have to consider that, we have had a deserter posing as the person whose body they were in. I'm not sure what he aimed for, intel or just avoid having us throw him overboard, because apparently that's what we would do to him over something he had no say in. And to be honest the ones I want to punish are all the idiots in the crew who fell for his horrible act until the person he was posing as talked on the journals.

[He could throw Lea overboard, but as he's in Selphie's body that makes it unfair and impossible. And once he's in his real body he will be far from reach, and Ikki's not going to start a war over that asshole's actions. Not unless he's ordered to.]

Either way, princess, your alternative scenario is flawed. You ask what punishment should be inflicted on someone causing trouble, but for that they would have to cause trouble. Punishing someone by locking them up before they even do anything bad can't be counted as justice. That's exactly the same shit the Navy has pulled on since we first arrived, before anyone was able to do anything wrong.

Make no mistake; I am in full agreement with your viewpoint. I simply understand the other viewpoint.

Have you heard the old saying? A rich mare believes everyone is wealthy. A dishonest mare believes everyone else is dishonest. And a dangerous mare believes everyone else is dangerous.

[It may not have gone QUITE like that outside of Equestria.]

Then you should say it clearly from the start, the way you talked it sounded as if you agreed that you deserved punishment and that you are an absolute threat for everyone and anyone.

[Or maybe that's just Ikki hearing that because that saying of Celestia's can certainly apply to him as well.]

I suppose they shouldn't complain, then, having such a good and understanding hostage.

Ah, but I did say I did not agree with her reasoning. I simply understand it. And that, I think, is for the best, since I'm certain that becoming irrational and unreasonable over the whole situation would only have negative results all around.

[Grell certainly didn't seem like the sort of person who could ever be swayed by volume, or threats.]

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