Dais had become preoccupied with the bar stool, trying to find the most comfortable way to sit on it while simultaneously attempting to guess its construction. He was rather surprised when Lamplight spoke to him, as if he had somehow forgotten that he was in the bar.

"Oh, errr... great!" he said when Lamplight acknowledged that she served alcoholic coffees, rubbing his hooves together in anticipation of the warm drink "Thanks. Anyway, I'm from Manehatten originally, born and bred. Worked in the library there, but it wasn't exactly my favorite city, and besides, I'm the sort of pony that always likes to try new things until I'm good at them, and before long I'd read a decent book from every single section of the library. So yeah, no sooner had I heard there was a job opening here than I packed my wagon and trotted off."