The fish cat warms itself beneath the hearth of a stallion with a satisfied purr. My robotic eye rolls at the cat's contentment. Trader...
A singular ear tilts forward when he begins to speak of their worldly changes and his knowing of Tephra. My expression softens just the slightest hearing my birthplaces name spoken. How long had it been since they all left the Mountain to seek the parts of Her to free the kingdom from its shrouded fog?
I had anticipated his affiliation with the volcanic land and so I do not hide the facts of their quest, "Many things have changed, but Tephra will return one day... Sooner rather than later if I had any fucking say in it."
My gaze shifts from the fire armored stallion to the fish cat in my company. Motioning my nose to point at it as reference, "That there is a piece of Tephra. We all had to find a piece and bring it back to the Mountain once all the pieces were found..." My voice becomes more irritated, "Apparently too hard of a fucking task for some," I add, with a roll of my eyes in annoyance.
It wasn't their fault perhaps. Maybe they had no fucking clue what pieces of Tephra even looked like...
Once again, my eyes shift focus to the large barren tree they have called home since before summer. I ponder only momentarily that this was not the place they were to meet when they found their pieces, but it was the biggest tree in all of the meadow and facing the Mountain atop a slight hill.
That is when I notice the other watching them. A seemingly plain little thing. My ears return to their flattened position as recognition of the stranger does not come to me.
The fish cat sees my distraction and follows my gaze. Its glowing pools for eyes focus on the third equine and its average appearance. With no more than a mew it begins to bound off through the snow. "Not again!" I grumble before chasing after the purple finned creature.
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