"Sleep well, Highness"
*Squares his shoulders back into the default guard stance, settling in for a preferably-quiet stint of standing perfectly still for hours on end whilst remaining alert and aware of his surroundings*
*Blinks*
*Opens mouth*
*Pauses, reconsiders*
"As you say, Highness"
*Is starting to wonder when his next vacation away from guarding @mlp_celestia might be*
*Makes a thoughtful sucking noise, before popping the offending object back out*
"Three, maybe three point five? There's certainly /something/ cursed about this, Highness"
*Beat*
"...I have concerns"
*Allows the tiniest raise of an eyebrow on his otherwise impassive mien, before his shoulders droop a tiny micron*
"...Very well, Highness"
*Accepts the pacifier from @mlp_Celestia, and with merely the faintest grimace, shoves it into his mouth*
*Though his vacation was much-needed, there is something so very comforting about returning to his post beside @mlp_celestia's door*
*It's probably the muffled Alicorn-powered snores, they're oddly soothing*
*After one last check to ensure his chestplate is polished to a mirror shine, Flash exists once more, to the joy of mares and the consternation of their fathers everywhere*
*Gives a panicked glance at @mlp_celestia, immediately disliking the gleam in the former monarch's eye - there's no salvation to be found there*
"The party is fine, miss @mlp_stardrift"