Celestia drank a lot of tea. A wonderful beverage that could give her a moment of peace and quiet, help her teach a lesson or allow her to talk with emissaries and ambassadors in a more reserved fashion.

And now she could add trying to understand a foulmouthed, antagonistic vagrant to the long list of things she had done over tea and pastries. Or at least that's what she hoped.

Thanks to Not_A_Hat, Murmurpunk and Dubs Rewatcher for pre-reading, editing and generally helping me not making an ass out of myself.

Thanks also to Ravenstone for a first reading and suggestion and to docontra for catching stray mistakes.