They had a "prophet of the Goddess" down in the basement who was acting pretty crazy and they put down for people's safety. The traders are the life blood of Arfu: Radigator and. um...other meats in exchange for bullets, guns, random scrap, etc. Picking off one of them would be generally stupid.

The marks are for a first kill, but nothing says first pony kill. Littlepip makes that leap after she discovers their secret and starts killing all of them, but many of those could have easily just been Radigator hunters. We don't know, which is part of the point.



Further, I'm...confused. How exactly would your character know about both Arfu and this one particular guard's comment regarding the incident? What sort of power do they have if they can "mind rape" someone with a completely hypothetical scenario inspired by events they know little to nothing about? Is this supposed to be a hero character? Because "mind rape" is a pretty terrible thing to do, especially to a pony who was just doing his job.

You know what, this DID encourage me to read your story because this needs a damn good explanation. What's the name of your story and where can I find it?