Even though the ponies of Equestria had left Earth with little chance of ever returning, they left behind a little gift with the help of which Inhio could still keep in touch with them... and he used every chance he had to do just that.

At long last, after having spent years of feeling like a tape stuck on a repeating sequence, Inhio finally had a reason to return home with a smile every day.

As the days went by, both Inhio and the ponies told each other more and more about themselves and their worlds. Inhio was amazed by nearly everything the ponies told him about Equestria, and the ponies soon learned that planet Earth--despite being a very strange and unnatural place--wasn't as atrocious as Inhio had initially led them to believe.

Inhio had already learned much about how things worked in Equestria, but he was still ever so eager to learn even more, and so, he never missed out on a single opportunity to have a chat with Twilight or one of her friends, and the ponies would always gladly answer... Alas, one day they simply stopped responding.

Link to sequel: /story/350976/dying-wish