It was a rested Pam who made her way down to the store that morning. She'd spent the weekend working on a few small bath product projects of her own, and the all-natural lavender bubblebath and shower wash made it onto the shelves that day.

She didn't really know why she bothered - it wasn't like she was in this to encourage consumerism. But honestly, it had soothed her nerves in a way the rest of her frustrating research didn't.

By noon, she found herself back on the sofa, paging through several newspapers. Trying to get a sense of what else was going on on the mainland that might need her attention.

Now if only those ponies stopped trying to get in and eat the papers...

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