there's fire in your blood
 | Mazikeen’s only response to the mention of their father is a shrug - Gale had told her of Wolfbane, back when he had wanted her to know the truth - back before they both weren’t what they are now. As far as she was concerned, it didn’t matter and didn’t excuse Nashua for his behaviour towards his own son. For a moment she wonders if Aela is actually making an excuse for her brother - perhaps the familial ties are a little stronger than the palomino wants to believe - but if the palomino is looking to get into an argument over the matter, it’s of no interest to Mazikeen.
Those red-orange eyes shine in response to Aela’s burst of laughter, a small grin of her own appearing. Bolder would fair better with her and Gale it was true. The boy had come to no harm at all, had even chosen to stay of his own free will.
For a moment Mazikeen isn’t sure who Aela asks about next, that sliver of a grin easily turning into a frown. It isn’t long until she recalls “guardians” were what the leaders of Taiga had been calling themselves. So Yanhua was missing.
She’s actually a little disappointed that neither she nor Gale had anything to do with it. What did goat taste like?
While she considers whether the hair would be a bother, she answers Aela's question simply. “No. Yanhua was there when we took Bolder - he was… well, he seemed unhinged. Thought we were there for a surprise party and he had a chicken on his head.” Mazikeen shakes her horned head, her hollow grin returning. “I wish I was making that up.”
Truthfully, Mazikeen hadn’t even given Yanhua a second thought since that night.
There's a slight pause, her gaze never wavering from the other mare, before she decides to offer up a piece of the truth. “It’s only been Bolder and the retrieval of our son from Tephra.” So far goes unspoken. Hardly threatening stuff, especially if you ignore the other part of the truth - that they had, too rarely for Mazikeen's tastes, taken to hunting their own kind. But since she didn't know the names of their prey, it hardly even seemed important enough to mention.
m a z i k e e n . |
@ Aela
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