Rarity faints dramatically, but AJ is there to catch her in those strong arms! But Rarity get right back up again to maintain the diamond shield! Rarity is actually a lot pluckier than she first seems when there’s a crisis!

And in the foreground, you have Sunset telling SciTwi that she needs to be “stronger than she (Midnight) is.” As SciTwi struggles on her own, Sunset comes in to touch her, so she can enter her mind and give her encouragment from the inside, along with their friends.