06-30-2024, 07:51 PM
She banters with ease, and Ruhr smiles at the thought of truly having Baltian ancestry. His family had not been among the oldest in Stratos, but they were old enough that the thought of watering down their bloodline was intolerable. Ruhr is as much Baltian as he is buttercup, and he knows that she will see that clearly as she looks him over.
The black mare admits to being new to this place herself, but is happy here, to which he gives an agreeable nod. It seems a nice enough place, what little of it he has seen. And yet he finds himself uneager to look back inland, and instead keeps his night black gaze on her face as she turns to look there.
There is something about the line of her jaw, the shape of her eye despite the reptilian pupils that look like…He struggles, but only until her next words, the admission of being a shifter, of having bird shifters in the family.
“You’re Deiti.” He says suddenly, connecting what little he knows of Demi’s sister with the mare in front of him. The words come right before her final question, and there’s still a bright smile of recognition on his face when she asks: why were you in the water?
The real reason - a futile attempt to wash away the reminder of what he would do for Her - is not for the ears of a stranger, not even if the stranger is the sister of the mare to whom he’s sworn his protection.
So instead he offers a smile that no longer quite reaches his eyes and says: “Looking for your sister, actually. Have you seen Demi? She was a penguin, last I saw.”
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Deiti
The black mare admits to being new to this place herself, but is happy here, to which he gives an agreeable nod. It seems a nice enough place, what little of it he has seen. And yet he finds himself uneager to look back inland, and instead keeps his night black gaze on her face as she turns to look there.
There is something about the line of her jaw, the shape of her eye despite the reptilian pupils that look like…He struggles, but only until her next words, the admission of being a shifter, of having bird shifters in the family.
“You’re Deiti.” He says suddenly, connecting what little he knows of Demi’s sister with the mare in front of him. The words come right before her final question, and there’s still a bright smile of recognition on his face when she asks: why were you in the water?
The real reason - a futile attempt to wash away the reminder of what he would do for Her - is not for the ears of a stranger, not even if the stranger is the sister of the mare to whom he’s sworn his protection.
So instead he offers a smile that no longer quite reaches his eyes and says: “Looking for your sister, actually. Have you seen Demi? She was a penguin, last I saw.”
@
Deiti