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03/11/11(Fri)17:42 No.24207882There are certain Ponies with special abilities that few others have. The, ahem, rarity of their abilities makes them highly sought for the value of what they can produce.
The Diamond Dogs attempted to kidnap and enslave one against her will, rather than pay her for her services. Then they tried to make her perform work that others could easily do, for no benefit of her own.
She had four choices: submit to a life of slavery, attempt to escape and risk death, refuse to work and risk death, or make them not want her around anymore.
So the producer went on strike, using subterfuge to prevent her work from being stolen by others. It didn't matter why they wanted the gems, it only mattered that they stole them.
She scratched at the dirt, not because she didn't want to damage her hooves, but because she knew that if she dug, they would expect her to keep digging forever. She made them pull the cart because she knew that if she pulled it, they would make her pull it forever.
Their mining enterprise showed greater profits than they had ever shown before, and yet they ended up treating her like dirt.
That's when she broke out the tears and other feminine wiles, not as an instinctual survival effort, but as a focused, rational plan.
I bet she doesn't even think mules are ugly.
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