03-31-2024, 09:40 PM
A light laugh escapes Helion at her question but he only adds a wink instead of responding verbally - because, of course she’s right. All her stories thrill him, he loves hearing about what fills her time when they are apart. And when she tells him, Helion’s imagination easily fills in the blanks to Moira’s story - painting beautiful scenes in tropical waters. Baltia was more of a mystery, which delighted him a great deal. Whatever exclamation he had been bound to make about that underwater, easily and effortlessly spinning her short answer into something that was - indeed - enchanting and fully capable of holding his attention, is pushed away into the back of his mind when she clarifies that Orieta is her daughter.
“You’re a mom?”
The question comes out a little more shocked than he intended it, and he shuffles his shiny wings in something close to embarrassment as he regains his composure. His smile is bright as he easily rationalizes that it is just surprise, nothing else, that had temporarily knocked him away from his composure.
“Does her dad live here too?” He decides to ask, because he’s genuinely curious, and because it’s the first question to come out among the many that are buzzing around in there. It’s just one more thing about her that’s fascinating - for him, it doesn’t feel like it was so long ago that they were young foals meeting for the first time. The idea that either of them could be parents throws him just a little (even though in reality there had been more than plenty of time).
“You’re a mom?”
The question comes out a little more shocked than he intended it, and he shuffles his shiny wings in something close to embarrassment as he regains his composure. His smile is bright as he easily rationalizes that it is just surprise, nothing else, that had temporarily knocked him away from his composure.
“Does her dad live here too?” He decides to ask, because he’s genuinely curious, and because it’s the first question to come out among the many that are buzzing around in there. It’s just one more thing about her that’s fascinating - for him, it doesn’t feel like it was so long ago that they were young foals meeting for the first time. The idea that either of them could be parents throws him just a little (even though in reality there had been more than plenty of time).
@Moira