>>8700
>That's right, and no I don't exactly have an explanation, it's just how I see it in my head.
I get this. In my old forays in writing I would have sometimes manic arbitrary choices and things I would like to stick to just because.

>There's enough magic for a few unicorns do levitate things, but the land isn't saturated.
If it wouldn't spoil the setting, is this due to some sort of cataclysmic event, or just a way to wink wink nudge nudge this is Equestria in the far future kind of deal?

>plainsbillies
I am going to add this word to my vocabulary!

>>8703
>Trying to autisticly resist googling the etymology of unicorn in a attempt for some harebrained half justification hidden in some obscure meaning.
I can do it without looking up anything! Magic is a force in the air and in nature and the uni- in unicorn means they unify it into themselves as a vessel for its manifestation and use.