There’s a mountain to the west that I don’t like the look of. Not the same way I didn’t like the look of the manticore mountain; no, I just don’t know what mountain that IS. I’ve looked over the maps I have, and none of them show a mountain to the west of me. It’s strange and kinda disconcerting; I’m not off the edge of the map, am I?

Well, if I am, at least the land doesn’t feel too dangerous yet. You’d think things would get more hazardous near Equestria’s borders, but I’m not getting that yet. Maybe I’m not outside Equestria and there’s still a ways to go before I am. And the second I step over the border, a chimera will jump out of the bush and bite my head off. Actually, knowing my luck so far, that’s kind of plausible.

Assuming that doesn’t happen, I’ll just keep going the same way I’m going now. One way or another, I’ll hit the South Luna Ocean eventually, and then I can follow that back into Equestria. Or some other place I can get my bearings. Then I can head to Los Pegasus, cut across the San Palomino desert, and get back to Lareindo.

Yeah, I did some thinking about my route. Decided to pick a more concrete one than just “southeast”. But if I’m outside of Equestria, that won’t matter much unless I can get back inside Equestria. Hopefully won’t be out here too long.

For what it’s worth, land doesn’t feel all that different. If I AM outside Equestria, it doesn’t feel like it. Still hear animals, still have plants, still have weather. Wonder who keeps track of all that stuff out here if there aren’t any ponies. Deer? I know I heard something about deer in school. Yaks? No, yaks are way north. Probably deer.

Outside all the lands that you know,

There isn’t that much of a show.

The plants are the same,

As is the aim

So I don’t see the gain

Of coming out here where they grow.

Ugh. Terrible. Need to add onto it.

In fact, it really feels like

You can get the same things in your land

So long as you just understand

How everything works;

But sometimes that irks

Those who prefer

Those who can’t get their food plants to stand.

Feel like rhyming “stand” and “UNDERstand” is cheating, but oh well.

“How everything works” is complex;

Not understanding that can wreck

The plants that you grow,

And leave you with no

More than a pile of dreck.

Hmm. Limericks feel easier than haiku, but maybe that’s because they’re more flexible. (Still need to rhyme “Lareindo”…)