While on a work trip to help family in Appleloosa, Big Macintosh strikes up some correspondences with friends back home. These are the letters that crossed Twilight Sparkle's desk. Sometimes words don't mean what they say.

Vinyl and Octavia have some adventures.

Studying always eases her mind, so a look into human mating rituals should be very interesting and therapeutic, right?

Celestia writes a report to her queen about what she's learned from living among mortals.

When you're a ruler of a major country, you don't have much time for yourself.

Fluttershy discovers the limits of compassion.

Octavia learns the "Underground" side of life from her polar opposite: Vinyl Scratch, A.K.A. DJ-PON3

Octavia learns that Vinyl Scratch is deaf after a misunderstanding and seeks to repair her mistake.

I have heard ponies say that living so long would be a curse. That it is a burden. That it can break a pony's mind. There is some truth to that, but it's not the whole truth.

An accident reveals a secret that nopony ever knew....