Defenses probed, no ground given. Celestia was starting to think that these people would sooner condemn the worlds to darkness than actually share information with somepony not part of their circle...

But, she admitted to herself with a mental sigh and a slight relaxation, that might very well just be the ego of a princess who had ruled a world reasonably well, and thought that entitled her to interfere wheresoever she chose. "Equestria is not free of such darkness either, though I believe it has no connection."