Talk:A Royal Problem/@comment-27578467-20170719041327/@comment-4531340-20180221101934

Yeah, I understand about replies sometimes being tough to get right (which is a big part of why I haven't replied yet).

Well, thanks, glad to have helped you get into the series! - I wish I had the time to continue doing uploading episodes, but such is life.

Also, there'll be more later, but I just wanted to briefly reply to your comment about the talking to herself - I could see that as something she did in the first few decades after Luna's banishment on a consistent basis (I could see her as ruling more hooves off during this time, when she's still hurting inside from having to banish her sister), but since the ponies are awake during the day, she started training herself to stop doing that and talking to other ponies (as she started to open herself back up more and more). However, sometimes when she's alone, she still slips back into that habit (it never truly went away, in other words - it just doesn't manifest itself most of the time, particularly when there are other matters at hand - er, hoof). So the way I view that scene, which makes it seem natural to me, is that, rather than her being surprised at suddenly doing that out of the blue, she's lightly chiding herself for falling back into old bad habits, from a more... emotionally fragile time.