Quote Originally Posted by Grif View Post
"Sandy... you don't have to force yourself to sleep on account of... *yawn* us..." Sliverpine said, rather sleepily. The sight of Gear closing her eyes again didn't help matters much.
"But...y'all are tuckered out. Gear's nearly half-asleep, an' Heartflight's conked out too. You need yer sleep, an' ah'll git to sleep eventually too. Besides..." The memory of his first dream was still fresh in his mind, all those ponies giving so much to him. More than they could afford to. He hated putting his friends through that, and now here they were trying to do it, but for real this time.

"Ah can't keep takin' an' takin' from ya'll...ah'll be fine, ah swear..."