It's just so unreal, I suppose.



I tend to think the centuries old thing to be just a continuity error.



The tragedy is still that thousands of years later no one would even remember them, except her, and even then, she may not remember them if Alicorns suffer from memory decay like most transient mortals. You cherish the times you know them and then slowly, you forget them too. It's terrible, the thing of living in among a vast, indifferent cosmos, knowing that you would be gone in a metaphorical eye-blink and won't leave even a mark in the greater scheme of things. Even gods like Princess Celestia may die, if Suns going nova due to old age is any indication...