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"They say trust must be earned over time," Morrigan stated abruptly once the class had arrived. "This is hogwash."

She wasn't in the best mood. She was a horse, of all things, which was a form she had never learned, nor had any desire to learn. All attempts at regaining her human body were futile, but she could still shift into other animals and back. It was easiest to speak the common tongue as a horse, however, for some odd reason. Horses did not have vocal cords like humans.

"Either you trust someone to have the same goals as you for the moment, or you do not. What they plan to do after your goals have been accomplished, that is not something to concern yourself with when on a quest. If you die now because you did not bring all your resources to bear, it is certain that you cannot be betrayed later."

"Right, you're such a complete optimist," Alistair said. He wasn't rolling his eyes, but only by sheer feat of will. "But she does have a point, I guess. The best friends you'll have are the ones at your side when you're fighting the same evil. Bonds like that can shape in an instant, especially among honorable men and women. That's why the Grey Wardens work: we're all united against the same enemy. Where we're from, who we used to be, that isn't important any longer." He snorted in a sort of... annoyed way. "Being a pony isn't the same thing, just so you know. That's just up there with 'victims of badly placed spells'."

"Honor has no place in practicality," Morrigan pointed out. "Survival does. But, 'tis true, that those fighting with you against some 'evil,'" and yes, you could hear the finger-quotes there. "-are your staunchest allies."

"And so, 'tis time for you to test yourselves. Do you count yourself a good judge of character? If so, then find an ally to light your campfire with." Morrigan's smile probably wasn't friendly. "Do hope they do not set you on fire, and remember, 'tis them that would hold watch while you sleep."

Creepy, Morrigan, very creepy. And yes, she was aware that many of the students were also ponies. It just made the exercise vastly more amusing.

"Creeeeepy," Alistair said, dutifully. "Look, while you get around to this exercise, could someone maybe... scratch my back? I have this horrible itch near my hindquarters."

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What do you look for in a companion? Why? Are you ~~stupid~~ trusting enough to accept every ~~Maker-crazed zealot bard who hears voices~~ believer in your quest, or do you have guidelines?

"Well, I don't reallly do quests, more like schemes," Miley clarified right off the bat. "I mean, I don't do the whole fighting-evil thing. But it's totally cool for those who do; I just mean, you know, it hasn't really come up for me. But I guess I do most of my, um, antics with my best friend Lilly, because we have fun together and she's willing to do what it takes to accomplish what we need to do, even if it means looking silly."

God. Lilly had no issues of looking silly after being Miley-trained for four years.

"So that'd be it, I guess. If you're fun and committed, I think we could have a good alliance together."

"I guess someone who seems to have the same goals as I do," Mercy said, still rather wide-eyed over her classmates and teachers. "And someone who's not likely to try and kill me when my back is turned."

"I think," said Ariel, with a smile that called for putting her giant pony eyes to good use, "that anyone who would like to join a quest should. You never know who could turn out to be a surprising friend or a great deal of help. Even if you think they might be bad, they could just be misunderstood, or maybe they're just bad because no one else has ever really given them a chance before."

"You need to pick someone who will stay with the mission even if they disagree," Quinn said, and blew her mane out of her face again. "Someone loyal, you know? So you don't waste time fighting. And it helps if they have strengths you don't have."

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"I suppose I look for somebody who'll get the job done," Warren offered after a moment of kind of chewing on the question. "If I can pick from a group of people that I already know, all the better. But if it's something really important, familiarity would have to take a backseat to competency."

Yes, this from the guy whose biggest talents were flying, an uncontrollable healing factor, and throwing up in the aftermath.

"I wouldn't look for a companion," Kate answered honestly. "Why drag anyone else into a situation that could get them killed?" Kate was stubbornly self-reliant. Putting people in the line of fire for her cause wasn't something she'd do.

"I would say that I'd look for someone loyal," Elphaba decided. "Someone who wouldn't betray our cause for money or secret gains. But then, well... I think as long as they were loyal and not apt to get us hurt, I'd be willing to accept anyone."

"Ahh. Companion. Well, I like... smart people," Jack said lamely. "And um, people who are strong. Did I mention smart?"

Jack is really not a thinker.

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