The girl is looking up at Aela - thinking that she is still Sundari - and while the palomino would have gladly kept up the rouse (she is always wanting to push the limits of her magic), there is no mistaking the way she relaxes as the Empath closes away her gifts. The lovely cream-and-white filly becomes the even lovelier Aela, glittering and shining beneath the Pampas sun.
Now she doesn't have to pretend to be someone she isn't, and while Obscene explains that this field of flowers isn't Nerine (thanks be to Carnage), her expression remains neutral as she takes in this child of Gale and Mazikeen. She had known that the Prince was torn on what to do with her; return her to Hyaline or keep her in the Pampas. Obscene knew how Aela felt about it. Once Gale got what he wanted, what reason did he have to keep his part of the bargain?
She had learned enough stories about her Cursed father to know it would be foolish to trust the brindled stallion just by his word.
Her blue eyes are masked as Obscene goes on to explain that Sickle might not have been safe in Tephra. As he explains what he is and what he can do. As he encourages the yearling - the one that they have just blatantly lied and illusioned and taken from her home - to trust them.
If Sickle is truly a relation of hers, Aela expects her niece to be a far smarter creature than that.
She studies the youth, and considering the speech that Obscene has given, she decides against saying anything. The girl was most likely overwhelmed and having three strange faces talking at her wouldn't help put her at ease. So the palomino flicks her flaxen tail and gives the child an empathic nudge: infusing the small area around them with just a hint of trust.
@Wherewolf @Sickle @Obscene
Now she doesn't have to pretend to be someone she isn't, and while Obscene explains that this field of flowers isn't Nerine (thanks be to Carnage), her expression remains neutral as she takes in this child of Gale and Mazikeen. She had known that the Prince was torn on what to do with her; return her to Hyaline or keep her in the Pampas. Obscene knew how Aela felt about it. Once Gale got what he wanted, what reason did he have to keep his part of the bargain?
She had learned enough stories about her Cursed father to know it would be foolish to trust the brindled stallion just by his word.
Her blue eyes are masked as Obscene goes on to explain that Sickle might not have been safe in Tephra. As he explains what he is and what he can do. As he encourages the yearling - the one that they have just blatantly lied and illusioned and taken from her home - to trust them.
If Sickle is truly a relation of hers, Aela expects her niece to be a far smarter creature than that.
She studies the youth, and considering the speech that Obscene has given, she decides against saying anything. The girl was most likely overwhelmed and having three strange faces talking at her wouldn't help put her at ease. So the palomino flicks her flaxen tail and gives the child an empathic nudge: infusing the small area around them with just a hint of trust.
@Wherewolf @Sickle @Obscene