I'll be almost to the ocean when you open your eyes
Life was returning slowly to the island. The Dame wandered it daily, slower than she once had. As ragged as she'd felt in the days since returning, the island still managed to make her smile. In its little ways, it was healing her. Every unfurling vine, every new shoal of silver fish allowed her to feel hope that had been so absent in recent memory.
There were other bright lights in her days as well. Acionna and Moira, her twin daughters. They were as vibrant as drops of the sea made solid. Glittering, thriving girls that represented everything she'd lost. And everything she hoped to regain.
The walk she took every morning was more of a formality these days. A reason to get out of bed when it felt difficult. Travelers had gone from uncommon to nonexistent, and the locals had dwindled to the youngest of her own offspring. It was what brought her to a halt as the beach line opened in front of her, memory scalding her with shocking force.
Pure, luminescent white, examining her home with a reserved air. The air refused to leave her chest until it registered that there were some key differences. Enough to allow her to walk up to the stranger with a pleasant -if bewildered- look on her face.
"Welcome to Ischia," she greeted as the space closed between them. She noted now that the mare was utterly white. Every inch of her, even her eyes. Blind? But there were others with her, girls not any older than her own daughters, and almost as pristine as the woman who led them. "How can I help you today?"
It was an honest question. It was strange to be a mare so ingrained in serving others, with no one to serve. For as long as they were here, she would do her best to see them happy in her shores.
Aquaria
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