I… I have thought of something. I’ve been keeping the fact that there is a mole secret. But what if… I made it so ponies get benefits for telling me where the mole is and tell them, there is a mole among us?

That way, I can use the self-interest of my councillors, at least the ones who are loyal, for me, and force the mole to work closer with me.

The only issue I see is that… well no, it’s a big issue. This pits my loyal subjects against each other. It would be like making a cut on a number of sharks and confining them to an area. They’d rip and tear each other apart until the strongest emerges. The strongest, who might not be loyal to me.

But there might not be any way to figure out who the spy is...