>>26214
maybe it's an Anon who fucked off into the Everfree cause the fact it does its own thing without needing pony interference feels like home and lives like Zecora but not with her?
he builds his own place with Zecora's help, gets to hunt small game so he doesn't have to go vegetarian and learns how to placate the larger stuff that would fuck him up easily if he looked at it wrong
maybe they bond from their different methods of dealing with animals with Fluttershy literally just talking with them but Anon has to learn to understand them through body language (which has resulted in a few occasions of miscommunication) and how they enjoy their pseudo-isolationist/hermit lifestyles and nature
throw in a timberwolf doggo as Anon's companion as a nice little bow on the whole thing