Ah... n-no, I never... met your former iteration f-face-to-face... [They just talked nerdishly over the journals.]

The little I know i-indicated that your species is divisible into three main s-sub-species, referred to as earth ponies, pegasus ponies and unicorns r-respectively... and then this new group, a-alicorn, stands... alone from these others? You... largely look the same...

[Except for the wings. Or rather, the quadruple-set, because the one is Luceti's fault.]