User blog comment:Guildmaster Grovyle/JLE Role Play, Spring 2015/@comment-5837525-20150501010726

Blackthorn: I wouldn't say gripping. More like... simple. Unburdened. There's a simplicity in this way of life unlike that of the rest of Equestria. And deer have always had a closer bond with the earth than ponies have. ...Not all deer feel the same way though. You may not have met one outside the forest, but they're out there. And should they ever desire a place here, they will have it.