05-10-2018, 05:57 PM
Authority is a strange thing. Djinni is not yet sure how she feels about it; it seems simultaneously an anchor as well as a weapon. She had told Porcia what she wanted, and without hesitation the young appaloosa had agreed to it. There should be some thrill there, the rose gold creature suspects, something to enjoy.
It is absent.
She finds herself nodding at the name that Porcia suggests; it is not a difficult one to remember. It will do, so long as the younger mare remembers to respond to it when she must. Djinni’s nod slow as the woman asks about simply traveling to Sylva or Loess, and it still entirely as she pins the mare with an emerald stare.
”No.” She says simply. That alone is enough of a reason, but Djinni wonders if the dismissal might be softened by an explanation. She can’t expect them to be perfect, after all. Only she can be. Porcia is young still; she hasn’t learned everything the world has to offer. And what it can take away.
”Hestia already plans on visiting the kingdoms herself. Two visits from Nerine would be suspect, and if you were to go there it might compromise your neutrality. You’d be visiting their kingdom to learn more, and not simply stumbling across someone in the common lands and asking harmless questions.”
It is absent.
She finds herself nodding at the name that Porcia suggests; it is not a difficult one to remember. It will do, so long as the younger mare remembers to respond to it when she must. Djinni’s nod slow as the woman asks about simply traveling to Sylva or Loess, and it still entirely as she pins the mare with an emerald stare.
”No.” She says simply. That alone is enough of a reason, but Djinni wonders if the dismissal might be softened by an explanation. She can’t expect them to be perfect, after all. Only she can be. Porcia is young still; she hasn’t learned everything the world has to offer. And what it can take away.
”Hestia already plans on visiting the kingdoms herself. Two visits from Nerine would be suspect, and if you were to go there it might compromise your neutrality. You’d be visiting their kingdom to learn more, and not simply stumbling across someone in the common lands and asking harmless questions.”