Without another word the two ponies enter the tent with the cross. The inside of which is cordoned off into ten rooms separated by heavy cloth sheets. Each room contains little more than a cot with a thin blanket.

Hope has you sit down on one of the cots and shuts the separtor.

"Can you take off that amulet, Emerald?"

Emerald frowns and grasps the amulet in his hoof.

"Okay, okay it's fine. You can keep it on dear. It shouldn't get in the way too much."

She starts with his head, feeling for lumps and checking his mouth, ears, and eyes. Hope than moves to his legs, squeezing and tapping his joints and hooves.

"So far so good…"

She then checks his back, running a hoof along Emerald's body. Emerald can feel his face heat up a little bit, and tries to ignore the feeling.

"My goodness your fur and your mane are… So soft." Hope then stops and pulls away slightly saying, "Okay I'm going to check your… More personal area. Can you turn towards me?"

"A-ah, yes… In fact I was hoping you could help me with… Um… This thing on my…" Emerald trails off embarrassed, and opts to instead spreads his legs and shows the mare the ring.

"Oh…" Hope says, and Emerald Jewel sees a look in her eyes that he knew well, and had mixed feelings about.

Hope slowly stretches a hoof out and Emerald let's out a gasp of surprise.

She starts stroking him. Emerald's eyes glaze over slightly. It's so nice and delicate… He wasn't used to this. Is it okay? It's probably not, r-right?

What does Emerald do?