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> "It wasn't a power that I embraced till I became this though."

> Apple Bloom could still see the fish dancing in her vision, though her mind was far clearer as her fear had somewhat subsided by Cadence's sudden change to a more calm demeanor.

> "And that is what I fear you are doing to yourself: suppressing your nature. Harming your true potential."

> Apple Bloom looked to Cadence with a mix of distrust and confusion.

> "What, my drawings? The weird creepy stuff?"

> Cadence simply smiled, almost pleasantly, minus the fangs.

> "Yes"

> "What about them?" Apple Bloom, truly confused, asked.

> "Their violence, their gore, their utter strangeness. Everything."