06-17-2020, 02:09 PM
A bright smile curved his lips to see the tiny girl so enthralled with his creation. It was a little trick, nothing so impressive as his mother could do. Yet it was enough to make the winged filly dance with joy.
A quiet laugh warmed his chest as she tried to lick the little fish. There was no indication that she was the sort who could eat them, but perhaps it was just curiosity. Cor thought they were too small to make much of a meal, anyhow. He much preferred the trout that ran the river's length, or the salmon he and his brother hunted for back home.
Carefully, he lowered the aquatic sphere until it touched back to its native water. The little fish darted away. If they were clever enough to speak, he figured there would be a lot of scolding involved, but they weren't, so he didn't mind them. The girl had darted away and come back. Now that he was no longer half paying attention, he grinned down to where her face shone below his.
"I'm a nereid," he shrugged, as if that explained everything. "Same as you're a pegasus." His nose pointed to the feathery wings she wore. They were delicate looking things, all fine bones and sturdy tendon. It was a close thing that he might have been born with wings of his own. Something he thought about occasionally. But instead it was the sea who'd taken him in hand, and the sea that had molded him into what he was. Fins, sharp teeth and all.
He pawed the water lightly, enjoying the feel of it on his skin. He cocked his head to one side. "There's more nereia back home. Ischia is full of them." His tongue stuck out briefly at that. No place like home to remind you how very not special you were. "Do you live around here?" It seemed likely, what with how small she was. Only so far she could go before getting tired, or at least that's what he figured.
@[Tamashi]
A quiet laugh warmed his chest as she tried to lick the little fish. There was no indication that she was the sort who could eat them, but perhaps it was just curiosity. Cor thought they were too small to make much of a meal, anyhow. He much preferred the trout that ran the river's length, or the salmon he and his brother hunted for back home.
Carefully, he lowered the aquatic sphere until it touched back to its native water. The little fish darted away. If they were clever enough to speak, he figured there would be a lot of scolding involved, but they weren't, so he didn't mind them. The girl had darted away and come back. Now that he was no longer half paying attention, he grinned down to where her face shone below his.
"I'm a nereid," he shrugged, as if that explained everything. "Same as you're a pegasus." His nose pointed to the feathery wings she wore. They were delicate looking things, all fine bones and sturdy tendon. It was a close thing that he might have been born with wings of his own. Something he thought about occasionally. But instead it was the sea who'd taken him in hand, and the sea that had molded him into what he was. Fins, sharp teeth and all.
He pawed the water lightly, enjoying the feel of it on his skin. He cocked his head to one side. "There's more nereia back home. Ischia is full of them." His tongue stuck out briefly at that. No place like home to remind you how very not special you were. "Do you live around here?" It seemed likely, what with how small she was. Only so far she could go before getting tired, or at least that's what he figured.
@[Tamashi]