"It still wasn't the same." He sighed. "She was a baby pony, AJ. Not a baby person. There's lots of differences. Baby people need a lot more than baby ponies do." He ran his fingers through his hair, then looked AJ in the eye. "But I guess me sitting here thinking I can't do this just makes me a big old ninny since I spent so long telling you that you'd be okay." He chuckled. "And all that talk to Gretel about how it'd be okay because we had each other." He sighed.