Heartflight threw out a hoof to try to stop Gearstride from advancing, but she was too late. Her theory was that if they had just remained calm and casual, then Sandy would have quickly noticed the disparity between the dream world and real life, and she didn't want to encourage 'dream fuzz' by introducing any potential elements from the dream. And if there was one thing the dream wasn't,it seemed, it wasn't calm.

She slowly stepped forward and tapped Sandy on the noggin, with only a little force. "Hey, Sandy, you okay?" she asked.