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>Anonicorn still has the innate human desire to impose "manifest destiny" on the world around him
>He knows what his ponies are capable of
>He knows what other races are capable of
>Most importantly, he knows what he's capable of
>If he wanted, he could kick start an industrial revolution with a word
>Working in tandem with magic, he could avoid the errors of his predecessors
>No climate change slowly killing the planet
>None of the radiation, all of the fun
>He could sweep over every country and name himself God King of the planet
>He could take it even further
>Why stop at this planet, if Luna can survive on the moon, then magic to survive in space is possible
>Ponies meet 40K
>It's not just something he can imagine
>It's something he could make happen
>The thoughts in his mind only kept in check by the thin veneer that are his eyes
>He knows what he can do
>But then he sees his little ponies
>And they have become His little ponies
>He could offer them the entire planet, and all the stars in the sky
>But they're happy just having food on the table, a roof overhead, a friend beside them, and him
>He, is enough for them
>So he's wallows in the contentedness of simplicity
>But that humanity never dies
>It merely becomes an eternal candle flame
>Waiting for its chance to set the forest on fire
>And Chrysalis sees all this, in an instant
>One moment, she's monologuing
>But one split second of eye contact kills the voice in her throat
>And she realizes why no other, seemingly stronger species, has ever so much as bothered Equestria
>And then she realizes that she's the first one in centuries, maybe a millenia to threaten this THING'S ponies
>She only hopes she'll survive this mistake
>Hfw after all that, he starts flirting with her