Terra realized she was right, he had his answer all along and deep down he'd KNOWN that, but hadn't wanted to acknowledge it. Really it all boiled down to stalling for time and not wanting to confront what was CLEARLY going to change everything he knew about his relationship with Aqua. Terra just...a lot of things had changed for him in the past and he liked things the way they were now. Well, okay, he liked the way things had been BEFORE the Mark of Mastery exam but he supposed that was a moot point. You couldn't fight change and he couldn't go back in time and change what had occurred.

He practically jumped when Rarity's tone changed and she became MUCH more vocal and started jabbing him with a forceful hoof. The hoof didn't hurt so much as it emphasized her point. He frowned slightly, "You mean...right now? I don't...I don't even know where she is!" Not that finding her would be the problem, he just wasn't sure he was ready to face Aqua even though he'd been putting it off for FAAAR too long now.