I fixed the old black jacket Rarity had made for me. "Still...?"

Cadance nodded. "Still."

I scratched my head. "So is he just inept, or is he not trying?"

Cadance flopped onto her side. She nestled into my couch and sighed. "I don't know. I really don't know."

I fixed my cuff and sat down next to her. "I'm sure he's just inept.... Probably." I sat her upright and rubbed her side.

Cadance huffed loudly. "I'm not really sure that's better."

I hugged her against me and held her cheek. "We can fix ineptitude. Harder to fix not caring."

Cadance sighed again. "I suppose."

I lifted her up and tossed her over my shoulder. I turned to the door. "Sorry by the way, dinner in ropes isn't--"

"Sounds vaguely sexual." Cadance shot back. "Planning something?"

I coughed roughly and hurried down the steps out of my office. "Celestia in a black dress...so, yeah probably." I rubbed my throat with my free hand. "I mean no offense, but I'm gonna force her dress up and just ruin her after the dinner."

Cadance whipped my back with her tail. "Kinky. Do go on."

I grunted and stepped into the main staircase downward. "There's not really more to say. I'm going to put my dick inside princess. Simple as that."

Cadance sighed. "You make it sound so simple, like she's not a world leader."

I shrugged, bouncing her up slightly. "Still a mare. Still someone I have to look out for, mentally and physically." I rubbed Cadance's back. "Either way, treating her well doesn't always mean treating her nice. Sometimes you have to be stern. And sometimes you have to just fuck her." I scratched my head. "Gets stressed as fuck and sometimes she doesn't calm down until she either goes and uses a vibrator or I bend her over."

Cadance looked me in the face. "That's...an interesting perspective."

I shrugged. "I've been here like...feels like years. But, I can't treat Celestia like a woman, she's not." I shook my head. "She's a mare, and as simple as the differences seem, it's the difference between someone I have to take care of, and an equal I have to watch out for."

Cadance hummed. "How would you treat her if she was human?"

I laughed hard. "Oh my god, I'd tell her to calm the fuck down quick as shit!" I felt my chest rise. "Oh man.... But that shit doesn't work for her right now. She can take care of herself, she just forgets she's still a living creature from time to time." I scratched my sideburn. "I think she used to calm down with Twilight, but even she's getting all grown up."

Cadance looked me up and down. "Are you saying she needs a child? It sounds like that's what you're implying."

I ran my fingers down over my cheek. "Huh... I guess I am. Well, what do you think?"

"I'm not sure. Does she really get that stressed?"

I reached the base of the stairs and set Cadance down. "Tell you what, you stick around the castle a bit, I'll go up to the Crystal Empire and see what I can't do about your guard. Deal?"

Cadance shifted in her binds. "Sure. But first, can I get these ropes off?"

I shook my head. "Not until Shining gets here." I wiped off my shoulder. "And I don't really think it has to be a kid. A student, a kid, a pet, something to take her mind off the constant Princess Celestia blank did blank now I need blank."

Cadance scrunched up her muzzle. "I suppose. The Empire isn't the biggest place, I've never really had an overload, except when the Empire was getting started."

I put my hands out. "Right, now think about the Crystal Empire, then add in like thirty other cities, and a landmass double the size of North America."

Cadance laughed. "Wide wide world of Equestria."

"No joke." I picked her up again. "Rural as fuck though."

Cadance rolled her eyes. "Oh please. It's--"

I shook my head and walked on. "You have a major city, then miles and miles of fucking nature! It's great, don't get me wrong, but it's weird. Back home it was almost the opposite. Lots of cities and a few dense clusters of nature." I walked out a side door onto the castle grounds. "I like Equestria way better, so don't take it personally."

Cadance grunted and stretched her legs. "The planet is big too. Still whole continents unclaimed." She smiled and looked up to the dark night sky. "And there's other planets just out there that we could reach...."

I felt a knot sit in my throat. "Wide wide world indeed."