Inhio spent some time walking without saying a word. Eventually, the silence broke.

"Oh! Before I forget again..." Twilight started a conversation. "Ever since the moment we began talking to you, I've been meaning to ask you something."

"What is it?"

"How come you're the only one that can hear us?"

As Inhio looked around, he realized that no one seemed to be noticing the talking ball in his hands. Luckily for him, he could also walk around and talk without being taken for a madman. People simply thought that he was talking to someone through an earpiece. No one even took the time to take a look and realize that he had nothing in his ears.

"I suppose it would have to have something to do with my gift."

"Your gift?"

"Yes," Inhio replied. "You see, I am not like other humans."

"Humans?" Twilight interrupted again.

"He he..." Inhio smiled. "One explanation at a time, Miss Sparkle."

"Sorry." Twilight smiled. Her cheeks turned a bit red. "Go on."

"I have this unique talent that lets me read the history of the objects I touch. If I lay my hands on them, I can trace them back to their roots, I can see every hand that has ever touched them, every season it went through, every storm it endured while it was still a tree or a stone...everything."

Twilight's eyes widened.

"I'm not entirely sure how is that related to being able to hear you, but if what you say is true, and I really am the only one that can hear you, then I can only assume that it has to have something to do with it."

"That's...quite a gift," Twilight slowly replied after a moment. She seemed rather impressed.

"You know, the funny thing is - I couldn't read the history of this sphere when I touched it...I guess my talent only works on objects from this world."

None of the parties said anything for some time.

"But enough about me," Inhio spoke up. "Tell me something about yourselves!" he said in a tone filled with enthusiasm. "What are you like? What's your world like? And what is your species even called?"

"Ponies." A solid reply followed Inhio's last question.

"Come again?" Inhio asked after a short moment.

"Ponies...A race of equines that..."

"Walk on four legs, have a mane and tail, eat grass, wear horseshoes and are strong enough to carry more than their own weight on their backs, thus they are often saddled and ridden by another species...but somehow I imagine you don't let anyone ride you all that often," Inhio took over Twilight's sentence and left her and himself speechless and standing with an open mouth.

"H-h-how did you know?" Twilight asked after a noticeable pause.

"We have ponies in my world."

"What?!" Several conjoined voices shouted from inside the ball.

"But they're not like you...For starters, they don't talk, they don't use magic, they're not intelligent and they are generally only seen as a means of transportation for humans...Other than that, they're also a source of..." Inhio paused as he realized that finishing his sentence might not be the best way of welcoming a group of equines to Earth.

"A source of what?" Twilight asked.

"Uhh...doesn't matter." Inhio avoided the question. "You wouldn't understand...At any rate, you wanted to know more about humans, right?"

"Yes!"

Phew...close one Inhio thought to himself. "Right, well, you already know that we can talk. What might be interesting for you to find out is that instead of four legs, we have two legs and two arms...Do you know what arms are?"

"Yes..." Twilight replied with a touch of uncertainty in her tone. "Like, with claws?"

"Not exactly, but close," Inhio corrected. "We have hands. They're like claws, only not sharp and pointy."

"Interesting," Twilight said before Inhio continued.

"Unlike you, we don't have magic." Something occurred to Inhio while he was talking. "Say...by any chance, are the ponies that use magic called unicorns in your world?" Inhio asked in a casual tone.

Twilight's eyes widened in shock and confusion. "Yes!" It seemed like she was about to say something, but Inhio continued.

"And do you also have flying ponies called pegasi?"

"Yes! Yes, exactly! But how could you possibly know that? I thought you said the ponies in your world don't have magic?"

Inhio couldn't stay silent after hearing the tone in which Twilight spoke. It sounded like she would have a mental breakdown if he didn't answer her...He wanted to answer her, and yet...

What malevolent force compelled me to ask her that... Inhio thought to himself as he nearly gave into despair while trying to think of a good reply.

"I...I don't know...It's like I can partially see the history of this sphere," Inhio gave the only answer he could come up with in order to hide the truth, hoping that it would sound true to Twilight.

"So you can see the history of objects not from your world, after all!" Twilight shouted. She sounded even more amazed than before.

That's another close call...I'd better watch what I say Inhio thought. "But like I said - it's only partial. I would still like to hear it all from you."

"It's just like you said! Pegasi are ponies that can fly, they are responsible for maintaining the weather in Equestria. Unicorns can use magic and earth ponies are physically stronger than the other two races. Those are the three types of ponies we have here in Equestria..." Twilight explained. "Well, there's also a fourth type, but there are very few of those alive."

"A fourth type?" Inhio asked.

"Alicorns," Twilight replied. "Ponies that can both fly and use magic."

"Intriguing..." Inhio quietly added.

"But like I said - there are very few of those here, and the ones that are, are mostly princesses in charge of maintaining a certain subject of Equestria. For example - There's Princess Celestia, the ruler of the sun and Equestria itself. Princess Luna, the princess of the moon, and Princess Cadence, the princess of love."

"I see," Inhio acknowledged.

"Aren't you forgetting someone, Twilight?" another voice from the ball added.

"Aaand, then there's me," Twilight said with a modest attitude. "The princess of friendship."

"So you're an alicorn too?" Inhio asked.

"Yes," Twilight replied. She didn't seem keen on talking about the subject any further.

Hmm...she doesn't seem too eager to talk about this. Fine, then. I'll oblige. "So what other creatures do you have over there in...erm...Echwestria, was it? We have cats, dogs, cows, goats, fish, birds, bears, wolves and bunnies, and..."

"You have all of those from where you come from?" Twilight interrupted.

"Why, yes...Do you also have those?"

"Yes...Every last one of them," Twilight replied, still a bit dazed from hearing this.

"Fascinating," Inhio continued. "Please, tell me more about the creatures from your world."

"Dragons, Manticores, griffons, hydras, I'm sure your world has those as well, so I think we can just skip this step."

Inhio didn't say a word. He just gave into his thoughts and kept walking with his mouth agape. What I wouldn't give to see that world...

"Any chance you could tell us more about humans?" Twilight interrupted Inhio's state of trance. "I mean...do they also have species like we do, unicorns, pegasi, etc..."

"No...not really," Inhio replied. "We only differ by so much as the color of our skin or the professions we choose...other than that, it's all just personalities. Certainly not anything like one species being able to fly or another being able to use magic."

Then again, when you think about it - Black people are usually stronger and asians are smarter...but I'd rather not tell them this, right now. Inhio wondered.

"Oh..." Twilight didn't seem too impressed by that answer.

"So how about you tell me a bit about yourselves?" Inhio suggested. "Up until now, we've only known so much as the names and titles of one another.

"Speaking of which..." Twilight took over. "I've been meaning to ask - why do they call you Coin Master?"

"Actually, that's what I called myself from the start," Inhio explained. "You see, I've always loved the way money never stops traveling. Every object has about the same story - it was owned, before that it was in a store, and before that it was growing in the ground, but money...money never sits still for long. I touch a single coin and it's as though I've just shook hands with half a hundred people."

"Huh...that's clever," Twilight happily admitted.

"Care to return the favor, princess?" Inhio said in a playful tone.

Twilight giggled. "As the princess of friendship, it is my duty to spread the magic of friendship across Equestria."

"Sounds like a thrilling way of spending the day."

"You have no idea..."

Inhio laughed. "Titles aside, what are you like when you're not fulfilling your duties as a princess? I take it magic is one of your passions."

"I think he knows you better than you know yourself, Twilight."

Inhio recalled hearing that voice before. He even recalled a different voice saying out her name earlier.

"Certainly better than I know you, Rainbow."

"What?!" the same voice shouted back. "H-how did you?..."

Inhio laughed along with the other voices in the ball.

"Oh, yeah. Real funny!"

After the laughing stopped, Twilight gladly replied to Inhio's question. "It's true. I've loved casting spells ever since I was a filly, and most of my experience came from books."

"Yeah, Twilight's a total egghead," Rainbow added.

"Rainbow!" Twilight yelled at her.

"There was once a time when she even used to live in a library and dodge her friends so that she could go home and read. Heh, can you belie-" Rainbow's voice got stopped by something. Apparently Twilight got tired of her excessive honesty and decided to shut her up with some spell.

"It's true!" another voice added. Inhio hadn't heard this one before. "I used to know her friends better than she did, and they weren't even from the same town as me!"

"Pinkie!" Twilight shouted. "Whose side are you on, anyways?"

"Side?" the voice asked right back. "I don't know! What sides are there? Is it left, right? Up, down? Sky, ground? Ooh! Are we talking about cakes? Can I be on the top side? The top side's always the best one! That's where they always put all the delicious stuff! Cherries, icing, frosting, figures of the groom and bride, wait, no! Those aren't delicious. You know, I actually ate one of those once. Bleh! I thought I'd never eat another cake for as long as I live after that, but we all know that would never happen!" She giggled. "Speaking of which, I- mfmfg mhf mfggfhfm..."

The seemingly unending monologue was stopped by a similar sound that stopped Rainbow's voice earlier.

I Like this one. Inhio thought to himself.

"Right..." Twilight exhaled loudly. "Now you know me...and I'm pretty sure you got a good impression of Pinkie Pie, as well."

"Yeah, I guess you could say that," Inhio almost laughed out his reply.

"Pinkie's our local party planner. And the pony you heard before her was Rainbow Dash, the self-esteemed best flier in Equestria."

"The one and only!" Rainbow Dash took over.

"She is pretty fast," Twilight confirmed. "Then there's Applejack." Twilight's voice got a bit quieter as she turned away. "Say hello to the human, Applejack!"

"Oh, uuhm..."

Aah, there's the gal I've been wanting to meet for some time, now. Inhio smiled as he recognized the voice. He heard the sound of an equine creature taking a few steps.

"Uuhm...where's the, uhm...the thing you talk into?"

"What?" Twilight asked, utterly confused by Applejack's words.

"Where do I talk so he can hear me?"

"He can hear you right now, silly!" Pinkie explained and giggled.

"Oh! Eh he he..." Applejack rubbed the back of her head. "Hello?"

"Howdy partner," Inhio replied with an accent just like her own.

"What the?...Y'all ain't making fun of me, are ya?" Applejack didn't seem amused.

"Hell no!" Inhio retorted. "There's not an accent I love more than the one that comes from the wild, wild west."

"Oh..." Applejack realized that she may have overreacted a bit. "Wait, are you saying your world also has folk like me?"

"With the same accent, at least, yeah," Inhio replied. "Usually diligent workers that aren't afraid to get dirty and are no strangers to some hard labor...Maybe not as cultured as the city folk, but usually a lot more resourceful and hardy...Sound about right?"

"Uhh..." Applejack was speechless for a moment. "Well, shoot...read me like a book, ya did...Nothing to add, nothing to take," she admitted.

"Well, now, if you're done talking, I'm sure..."

"Damn it!" Inhio shouted as he arrived a split second too late at a crossing. He heard a very soft voice gasping right after his swearing. "Sorry bout that...I take it Equestria isn't all that fond of profanity."

"No," Twilight instantly replied. "Applejack's about as rude as they get over here in Equestria."

"Hey!" Applejack protested. "I ain't rude!"

"I didn't mean it like that!" Twilight explained herself. "What I meant to say is that dagnabbit and darn are about the most ill-mannered words that I've ever heard here."

"Are you saying that I'm the rudest pony in Equestria?!"

"No!" Twilight shouted. "Uggh! I didn't mean to call you rude! I just..."

"That's enough, Miss Sparkle," Inhio interrupted. "I think I get the idea."

A brief moment of silence claimed the air.

"So...what about your world?" Twilight politely asked. "We just heard you use a word that we haven't heard anyone in Equestria use before...Is that a common thing in your world?

"Umm..." Inhio got saved by the traffic light switching from red to green. "Save that question for later. We're here."