the episode in a nutshell.  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaWTKcl5ewA

@Xidphel  
dash smiles  
that’s a smile not an upside down frown

Come on, Dash! Flip that frown upside down!

ME GUSTA!

@YetAnotherBrony  

 
let me help you with that

Best face runner-up?

“DOES THIS LOOK ANGRY TO YOU?!”

@Background Pony #9BCC  
a few seconds later  
dash:still alive

yes, totally relaxed
 

[Triggered]

Does this look unsure to you?

“Does this look like the face of mercy?”

[angry horse noise]

@RIG  
He’s sleeping for THREE MONTHS. That’s a long time for a kid. Besides, it’s not like they’re actually going to kill off one of the pets. They’re doing on a micro scale, but the message is likely to be the same.
 
I mean, you buy your kid a new puppy, don’t you?

I need 10cc of .gif STAT!

@FancyCat2008  
That is stupid, even a kid will get that the turtle only wants to sleep.

Yup, this is looking more and more like the “dealing with the loss of a pet” episode. Stage one was denial. Now she’s in stage two: Anger.
 
Bargaining will be when she tries to stop Winter from coming. Depression will come next. Finally, acceptance will come when she realizes the moral of the episode.

I AM PERFECTLY CALM!!!

20 % madder

Over-Scrunching!

rainbow smash

Okay.