09-15-2015, 08:05 PM
What Is An Ocean But A Multitude Of Drops
When he comments about some insects being useful, Astri’s mind reverts back to her son, Kraz. Yes. She agrees, some insects could be useful. The animals behind her though, they’re already too gone. Too enveloped in their own small lives to try and glimpse the bigger picture. Only a few among them were worth converting or ‘popping’, as her companion so eloquently put it. She can see the wheels beginning to turn within him as he contemplates her homeland. It was tempting, but that was because it was true. Sure, there were hooks - Straia to rule over them and the titled horses to sneer down on them, but that’s the way it always worked in this world. Shit rolls downhill, and you either avoided it, got rained on, or climbed above it to shit on someone else.
But if it was solitude that he preferred, he could have that also. Astri was well aware of the stallions that worked within a kingdom but had a private life in a herdland elsewhere. What better place to cover up your dirty, dark secrets than a remote piece of property where no one ever ventured? She thinks on these facts, keeping them as ammunition should he need more convincing. When he finally speaks again Astri laughs, the bitter, petulant sound filling the tense air between them. “What makes you think you’re so safe with me?” She asks, turning his own question against him.
A pawn for a pawn. She makes her move and lets the question settle for a moment, viridian tail slapping against her haunches. “You’re taking as much a chance as I am, so let’s call it even.” Her jaw clenches and her ears flick back, letting the sounds of those behind them filter through. “Come with me to the Chamber and decide for yourself.”
But if it was solitude that he preferred, he could have that also. Astri was well aware of the stallions that worked within a kingdom but had a private life in a herdland elsewhere. What better place to cover up your dirty, dark secrets than a remote piece of property where no one ever ventured? She thinks on these facts, keeping them as ammunition should he need more convincing. When he finally speaks again Astri laughs, the bitter, petulant sound filling the tense air between them. “What makes you think you’re so safe with me?” She asks, turning his own question against him.
A pawn for a pawn. She makes her move and lets the question settle for a moment, viridian tail slapping against her haunches. “You’re taking as much a chance as I am, so let’s call it even.” Her jaw clenches and her ears flick back, letting the sounds of those behind them filter through. “Come with me to the Chamber and decide for yourself.”
astri
yule x astrah