I'm not sure why @[lilliana] tells me to leave the rocky mess alone; perhaps she hasn't noticed the extent of the damage in the dark. I can feel the wrongness of the splits in the rock - I will fix those so no-one breaks a leg over it, I am in fact stubborn like that; but I guess it doesn't have to be perfect, or returned to its exact previous state.
What the chestnut mare can explain to me is curiouser, however, than the way I'd spent all my magical energy at once and caused my slumber, as well as the way I broke that spell and brought forth this girl. A frown appears on my face because the eclipse being stalled worries me - who or what could have done such a thing? - and then my friend explains about monsters roaming the dark. I shake my head a little, my thoughts with the nursing girl at my side. I still don't know how she was conceived, but that she is a magical thing to me is clear enough. I will not let her be attacked. Here in Nerine, I'm in my element, and woe the one who dares to threaten my family. The hardened glimmer in my dark eyes says as much, and I give a nod to the blue-eyed mare. "If you need anything I can help with, let me know." I finally decide.
I've been underestimated by most, all of my life, but I know I can help my friends and family against monsters like that if need be.
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