I was surprised my this hug at first, but I gladly accepted. I hugged the tiny creature tightly, making sure to be gentle with the power of my paws...

I then had yet another vision: I pretended to not like hugs, I pretended that hugs were my weakness... When really... They weren't. My hugs were to only be used for special purposes, like healing. But, there was one pony that knew hugs weren't my weakness... This pony would hug me all of the time, and I did the same. The others didn't question it, which was true...

The sad part was: I was the one healing that pony all of the time. The hugs... I didn't do them just for fun. They had a purpose, and they still do. And, I gave that pony a lot of hugs.

Time stood still once again, and I managed to collect my thoughts and continue with what I was doing before.

Basically what was going to happen was: Nook would join us on our journey of releasing all of the other creatures, and once that was over, Nook would come back with us and we would find Winter, in which, after that, Nook would be with Winter...

There was one, tiny, problem, though.

....Winter didn't know about this...
I mean, I think she would be okay with it, she does get lonely herself, and I'm sure if I explained it she would understand, and she would be cool with it...

I laughed quietly out loud for making that pun in my head, while Nook looked at me and tilted their head like Athena. They just then joined in with the laughing, which was cool.

Besides the puns, I was still actually really worried about this situation. I mean, what if Winter didn't accept them... My anxiety was just taking over...

....Or maybe I could be right?