The castle is my watchtower, I could climb the walls because despite its height there are many trees that provide easy access. However, the castle tower is still higher. If the animals were to approach the city more, then the walls would be a better option, but the few that do come close do so only a few meters away. Although I'm not complaining, I mean, I don't know the reason, but it's thanks to that that I'm still alive.

With my improved eyesight it is more useful to have a panoramic view of the place, maybe that will give me the opportunity to observe one of the adults make use of the magic, that would be ideal though somewhat unrealistic since they don't approach the city. But that's precisely what I need, the experience of an old goat, although I'll settle for the inexperience of a young one.

Before climbing up, I got some water and some fruits. Although I'm not hungry anymore, the idea is to eat fruit constantly to slowly familiarize myself with the energy they contain, or at least that is the purpose. My luck is so random that I don't know what the outcome will be. The heaviness of being full, the cool breeze from the prairies, the singing of the birds, and the sounds of nature helped make the boring task of waiting gratifying and relaxing.

*iiiffff haaaa*

Yeah, I said deer love conflict, but that's just my speculation. Besides, even if my speculation is correct, that doesn't mean that ponies fight all day long, I mean, that would be illogical and unintelligent. Although I haven't seen them yet, I know from the sounds heard at night that there are predators, and if the goats were to spend all their energy fighting during the day, they would be weakened at night and would be easy prey. Of course, it's all speculation, but if I were a goat, I wouldn't risk myself that way.

“.....”

'Unbelievable'

The most important discoveries always tend to be an accident. I didn't mean to, but I was so comfortable and relaxed that I didn't notice the moment I went into trance. But it was different from the previous experience. Instead of the mind map, now I could zoom in on the image if I focused on a specific point, like zooming with a technological device but with my eyes. It was just an instant, but for me, it was even more magical than the mental map.

This small moment gave me the opportunity to observe a group of deer resting in the distance, but the perception of seeing them so close deceived my mind and gave me the feeling that if I stretched out my hand, I would be able to touch them. It was a dangerous moment, I mean, my mind was so convinced by what I was seeing that at some point I had stood up and was taking steps towards a certain fall. Luckily for me, I snapped out of the trance just in time to avoid my own death.

'Oh shit!'

"Holy shit, that almost scared me to death, although, well, if I had fallen, I think the scare was the least important thing"

"......"

"HAHAHAHAHA hawk's eye view, what is that power crap ? I'M A FUCKING TELESCOPE HAHAHAHAHA"

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When the euphoria ended and after analyzing it better, I realized that although the new way of applying magic is incredible, it does not meet my immediate needs. I mean, even though I can zoom in and see the animals up close, I can't see the gray matter like I can with the mental map. So until I figure out how to combine the best of both worlds, it doesn't seem like I can make practical use of it to learn how the gray matter reacts when an individual uses it.

I've already observed how the goats use magic and except for the patterns on their bodies that light up, I didn't notice any other changes that would give me an idea of how they use magic. But now, being a telescope, I can try to see if I can discern anything that I may have missed due to the ecstasy of the moment, but I don't think there will be many results anyway. I mean, I already saw up close how Danamus makes use of magic and I didn't understand anything, but life is like flipping a coin, you don't know what will fall, so I should at least try.

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But that doesn't mean that being a human telescope is useless. Now I can see the prairies better, look for what other animals besides goats and armadillo inhabit them, and I can even try to see beyond the prairies to the forest, see what it hides and what kind of animals inhabit it. After all I don't have any useful information about this place and with this discovery a vast array of possibilities opens up before me. Besides being very useful for passing the time, I now have a live nature documentary. Approved.

"This skill could be very important in the future for gathering information, sizes, and such things. The question is, how do I activate the snooping mode?"

There is one thing in common with the mental map and the zoom, and that is relaxation. But for the mental map, I must concentrate and connect with the energy of the environment, which was not necessary this time. Besides, I'm sure that zoom can only be achieved with that ambient gray energy. I mean, I've tried it several times before without getting a similar result, and only now is there a change, so it's certain that magic is responsible, but again, I didn't feel connected to the gray substance.

"The fruits, the fucking fruits do contain magic. That means I can make use of the energy they contain. Of course, stop eating the fruit. That's the reason I got out of snooper mode, but it'll be tough if that's the only way it works.

If in order for the skill to work I have to be constantly eating the fruits, then that will create a lot of problematic variables and the most obvious one is that I don't want to become a big guy. I mean, I take it for granted that by the time I can get out of these walls, I'll have to run for my life, so becoming a slow and juicy snack would not be very smart on my part.

But those are just possibilities. I mean, my thoughts have always been negative and maybe that has attracted negative results, so now I've decided to think positively, so I'm not discouraged yet. After all, Danamus makes use of magic without needing to eat while doing it, and I was remade with his blood. Basically, I am his creation, he is Dr. Frankenstein and I am the monster. So, I assume that I am also capable of using magic without needing a mutated peach as a power source.

I'm aware that I'm ignoring some important aspects about it, and although I've some ideas, such as using a part of my body to collect the magic, I mean, Danamus is sucking the energy as if he were a roomba, it's logical to think that this energy is being stored somewhere since it doesn't come out of his body. But since I don't know which part of the body to use, how to do it, if it's the right way or if I'd be doing something stupid, so for the moment it's best to abstain.

Besides, that assumption is based on the fact that I was remade by Danamus and that I can do the same as him, but I still don't know what really happened in the vault, so the risk of becoming a decoration is still breathing down my neck. If it were my old self, who didn't even know if I could use magic, I wouldn't hold back and I would have recklessly tried it. But now, knowing I can use magic and that there's a big future ahead of me, I'm not feeling too hot about trying something like that.

Things are starting to go well and my future looks bright, so I'd rather wait for Danamus to wake up before attempting something of that magnitude. I mean, he won't sleep forever, that's for sure, and I'm not leaving town without him either. So for now it's better to make use of what I think is more or less safe, rather than playing intellectual games with something unknown.

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*HAAAAA*

'Here I go, I hope this works'

For now, I want to test how far my sight reaches. My curiosity about the forest is latent since I arrived to this place, I mean, the forest surrounds the prairie as the walls surround the ruins of the city. I want to know what lies beyond, to know if the animals in the prairie, like me, are prisoners, and this skill seems perfect to satisfy my need for knowledge, although before achieving it, I faced the problem of having to eat for the skill to work.

Since I will be concentrated, in a trance and I'm new to this meditation thing, I don't think I'll be able to eat while semi-conscious. So I cut some fruits into small enough pieces that I can stuff them in my cheeks like a squirrel and eat them while I'm in a mystical state. I had thought about turning the fruits into juice, but I'm not sure if it will work the same way, in any case, I'll try it later. For now, curiosity about what lies in the forest outweighs my scientific side.

I set my sights on the horizon, focused on a distant point while struggling to chew and then swallow it so that energy could flow. It is more difficult than it seems, since I must eat only one piece at a time for the effect to last longer, or at least that's the initial idea. Then the result can be very different, positive or negative.