The meeting in Tony's stall lasted till evening as the brothers explained the chronivac to Roger, and did some minor demonstrations to prove it.
"let me get this straight, Tony invented the whole pony boy culture? On a whim?" Roger was stunned by the revelation.
Tony snorted and nodded, "I'm afraid so. I wanted to change myself and it sounded like fun. I made minor alterations to Max to facilitate things. I deeply regret involving Max without his permission, that is fully on me. There is something I need to say though, nothing I did affected you or your family. They are the same a-holes they always were. At least in this reality we were able to get you out from under their thumb."
Roger sat silent thinking about this, finally he let out a loud sigh. "In the end I guess your reality is going to give me a fun new life, and get me away from the family I hate." Roger looked over at Tony and clapped him on the shoulder. "Thanks for doing what you did, life is going to be more fun and interesting going forward." Roger then turned to Max, "I need to thank you as well. I can't believe you sacrificed 3 years of your life for me."
At that point Max interjected, "Roger all I did was give up being a kid and the pain in the ass limitations that came with it. My life will be no shorter. Don't take that on yourself."
Roger nodded, "Ok, I accept that. I owe you both more than I can say. Don't worry, I'll help you protect the secret, and I'm looking forward to my transition."
"Speaking of that", Tony interjected, "I know we discussed the mental programming that's part of the breeder treatment. I've been thinking about it, going back over my memories. Frankly encouragement and positive reinforcement is needed. I agree however that the subservience is not. I'd like to record a special audio tape for Roger before his breeder training that is nothing but love and positivity. We can use it to replace the standard breeder programming."
Max considered this for a few minutes. "I can only think that would be an improvement. Come up to the house and record it on my laptop. I assume you don't want to take things slow anymore?"
Tony shook his head, "No, I'm loving this. I want to get on with it. I want to win races." Tony had a big grin on his face.
"All right ponies, the pace gets picked up as of tomorrow. Get ready." Now Max was smiling. "Tony, let's get that recording done, we are going to need it very quickly."
"Yup", Tony said as he waived to Roger and headed out of the barn with Max.