Torrential smiled in amusement at a number of the stories that Star Dancer shared with him that had spread since his visit to Appleloosa. Some of them were new to his ears, such as the story of the priest. The alicorn made a bet that the priest in question would go quite far given some time to work his way up in the world; Zealotry was all well and good at the street level of organized religion but once you started to get to the high tiers you needed to be a bit more practical, have organizational skills and process the ability to take credit when things go right and blame others when things go wrong. 

The mention of the more... scandalous rumors between himself and the Supreme Commander's little sister Applebloom brought a chuckle out of Torrential with ease. "My dear, I've heard several versions of that story; Some of them so deviant and perverted in nature that my sister Thea would not only congratulate me for my efforts but request the chance to exchange notes so that she could try some new ideas out. Trust me, if the versions you've heard so far don't include latex, twin ankle bars, a riding crop, a ring gag and a basket full of pears its one of the more tame ones."

Taking the time to admire and openly laugh at the expression that would no doubt soon arise from Star Dancers face as she tried to picture [i]exactly[/i] how all the items he had mentioned would fit into such a situation, he waited until she had the chance to recover somewhat before answering her question. "First off, just between you and me, I've never met Ms Applebloom let alone have a sexual relationship with her. Any story that says otherwise is just the perverted imagination of ponies running wild."

"As for what I spoke with Ms Applejack about... that my dear is between myself and Ms Applejack and will most likely stay that way until the day she dies." Torrential informed, a wicked looking grin appearing on his face a moment afterwards. "I can however confirm that I entered Appleloosa by the official channels and made an official appointment with Ms Applejack which I politely waited for and kept. I fully believe that the fact that I took such an approach caused Applejack's curiosity to overrule her hatred of horned kind to see what I wanted to talk to her about. I can also tell you the real reason that she was so mad at the end of the meeting..."

Making a show of glancing around before leaning in to whisper what the look on his face betrayed to be the punchline of a funny joke, Torrential simply told Star Dancer "I gave her my blessing."