"Well, <span style="color:#000000;">it</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">was</span> a gift for Moondancer but..."<br/><br/>I suspect the reason why past tense is chosen in the sentence is that the gift was broken and didn't work as a gift anymore. Am I right? Thanks in advance!<br/><br/>The line is quoted from <div class='ytl __responsive' style='visibility: inherit; '><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='640' height='393' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ag8L23mUASs?autoplay=0&amp;wmode=opaque allowfullscreen' frameborder = '0'></iframe></div> in 03:07<br/><br/>The transcript is in <a href='http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Transcripts/Friendship_is_Magic,_part_1' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Transcripts/Friendship_is_Magic,_part_1</a>