"If I wasn't here, I'd be dead, or inactive in the pods," Mindy said. "You're not going to hear me complaining. An thanks: you seem like a pretty kick a-butt pony. Also, we don't have talking ponies, so that's pretty cool."

She shook her head. "No, these guys on the ship, I know a few of them. In my world, they're comic book superheroes. I know a bit about what they can do, so we at least have that on our side."