05-13-2023, 02:07 PM
Abrus listens to the sound of the mare work her way back to the water - it sounds like an awkward endeavour, but she gets there eventually and must feel happier for it.
When she asks if he is curious about her kin, he shakes his head. “I only wanted to know if this world was populated by fish like you.” It figures that the first stranger he’d meet in this new world was someone who knew as little about it as himself - but it was hardly something that would leave him sour. As soon as his strength recovered he’d be able to travel and learn things for himself, meet others and learn - figure out if there was a place to carve for himself here.
It is good news if they aren’t all aquatic though - it would be very boring for him, when his magic is tied to the earth and the woods. He would eventually be able to build up the strength for another jump between worlds - but why bother if he did not have to, and it was still far too early in his stay here to be thinking of moving on.
His raven companion begins to preen herself, and Abrus opts to change the subject once more. There’s a rather pointed curiosity in his voice, like he’s searching for a wound in her. Might as well try to get something interesting out of this interaction. “Does it ever bother you, being bound only to the water?”
He supposes a fish does not know any better, but it’s likely this aquatic mare is a little more evolved than a trout - she can emerge on land, at least a little bit, and see that there’s an entire world on the surface she can only brush against and never fully experience.
When she asks if he is curious about her kin, he shakes his head. “I only wanted to know if this world was populated by fish like you.” It figures that the first stranger he’d meet in this new world was someone who knew as little about it as himself - but it was hardly something that would leave him sour. As soon as his strength recovered he’d be able to travel and learn things for himself, meet others and learn - figure out if there was a place to carve for himself here.
It is good news if they aren’t all aquatic though - it would be very boring for him, when his magic is tied to the earth and the woods. He would eventually be able to build up the strength for another jump between worlds - but why bother if he did not have to, and it was still far too early in his stay here to be thinking of moving on.
His raven companion begins to preen herself, and Abrus opts to change the subject once more. There’s a rather pointed curiosity in his voice, like he’s searching for a wound in her. Might as well try to get something interesting out of this interaction. “Does it ever bother you, being bound only to the water?”
He supposes a fish does not know any better, but it’s likely this aquatic mare is a little more evolved than a trout - she can emerge on land, at least a little bit, and see that there’s an entire world on the surface she can only brush against and never fully experience.