Rainbow has been in Pryha for about three months now. It was a nice city, but not really her kinda place. Granted, even after four and a half years, she didn't really have a 'place' out here, but that was beside the point. Still, she had fallen into a routine. It helped, having something to do besides sitting around, baked on crackers.

Her day started early in the morning, just before sunrise. Being careful not to wake her son, she would get dressed and slip out of the room's balcony. From there, she would do a fly around the city, taking in the early morning activity of its citizens. People heading to work at the cities various stores, manufactorums, and buildings in the governmental district. The street sweepers clearing off trash or other bits of debris. It gave her a sense of calmness; something to draw her attention from her own troubles. After about a week, people down below, especially when she would skim just above the street, began to acknowledge her. With this acknowledgment came waves, salutes, and even the occasional 'hello'.

After the sun was fully up, she would generally swoop back into her apartment (she guessed that would be what it was called, anyway). By that point, Castus would've arrived, and depending on when she got back, had already prepared breakfast. This was usually rather simple but filling, like breakfast in Equestria. It was most commonly bread with small bowls of olive oil and butter, cheese, cold salami, and maybe a bundle of grapes. It also came with a glass of water for her, and one of milk for Depressi, who would've woken up by then.

After breakfast, it was time to report into the Caesar. She would head down the halls of the palace to its opposite wing, where the Parliament Chambers/Throne Room was located. Normally, she didn't have anything for her to do, and it was more or less just a checkup. If she did, then the rest of the schedule was ignored for the sake of completing the given task. However, if nothing was to be given, as was often the case, she would continue on with her day.

If she had nothing to do, then she would typically default to this schedule. The first was to head back to her apartment, spend the time with her son. Play games, help him with flying, and just goofing off was what mostly took place during this bonding time. She loved spending this time with him, cause unlike most other people, she shared a connection with him. He was her kid, after all. It would've made her a bad mom if she didn't. She also helped Castus care for his other needs: the linin wraps he wore, burping, and other such less than pleasant business of a baby. However, what he liked most was when she told him stories.

These stories started out as the same myths she had read during her pregnancy. However, as time went on he began to get a bit more, hyper interested, she began to recount events of Equestria. The Sonic Rainboom, the Return of Nightmare Moon, Discord, and other, more mundane stories as well. One of his favorites was her just telling him about her old daily routine in Equestria. She liked seeing him smile, but she didn't necessarily like telling him these stories. Brought back memories she didn't really want to recall.

Next was lunch. This was often really light, as what the rest of the people out here ate. It was more something for them to make it to dinner. So, again, light foods. More bread, olives, and figs were by far the most common items eaten.

Next, came a few hours in the training room. It was a way to distract her from thinking; just do something to shut out her thoughts with something to do. The palace gym was massive and allowed her a great degree of movement for her. Hitting the poles with wooden swords, shooting her crossbows, lifting weights, and doing other exercises. It was just something to do, and it helped. She beat herself into exhaustion, which helped her to think less about her actions.

Finally, she would stumble back to her apartment, pulling up a book to read. Depressi would typically be asleep, and so, she had a few hours to kill. So, she would begin to read various books from the fully stocked bookshelves, again, distracting herself from her actions. These books had a wide range, like the ones she read during her pregnancy. History books, ancient myths, a few pseudo-adventure books. Whatever she could find on her shelf, she would just read. It was relaxing in her own way, especially after several hours of training.

She sometimes also did something else with this time before dinner. Sometimes, she would head down to one of the bathhouses by the palace. Due to her position as a direct underling of the Caesar, she got a massive discount, if not for free. The progressively colder baths she would slide into helped release her taunt muscles and just unwind. Often other people would stare at the scars, or maybe her wings, or something else about her. However, she would often just glare back at them, and they would look away.

Whichever she chose to do, she would then wake up her son, then have Castus make dinner. This was the largest meal of the day and by far the best. It still featured bread, as all the meals did. However, other bits of food were also used and were often the most diversity of her food. Anchovies, duck livers, salads, and other varied foods. This meal also included watered-down wine, which would help her also wash down her pain.

Finally, just after the sun went down, she would prepare to go to bed. Kick off her tunic and caligae, then often flop down on her bed directly. Often, however, she would pull out her sleeping aids, the crackers, and take one or two first. Then she would flop down and pass out. She would enjoy a nice, dreamless sleep until she woke again to repeat the cycle anew.

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