04-20-2016, 08:45 PM
Nitika had remained silent throughout the time the two mares traveled to the Falls together. The champagne one, who had eventually introduced herself as Anahi, had tried to make small talk, but Nitika tuned her out, clearly not wanting to say anything at all. She was tired, in pain, and just wanted a quiet place to rest and lick her wounds until she was back to normal.
For a moment, she was interrupted from her thoughts when her hooves touched different terrain than the grass and dirt they'd been walking on to get here. Now, she was walking on a small bed of stone beside a river; that must've been what she'd heard for the past couple of minutes. She'd just figured it was a bug or something similar buzzing past her ear. She'd been too lost in her thoughts to really pay it much attention.
Anahi came to a stop by a batch of trees and asked Nitika if this place would be suitable for her to rest. The medicine hat mare simply nodded before going to lay in the shade, curling her legs under her body and allowing it to drop to the ground.
Finally getting all that weight off her hooves, the mare sighed in relief. She stretched her neck out, inhaling several big breaths to help calm herself down. She was okay... she was safe here, for now... she could rest...
Apparently not for long though. A voice cut through the existing silence and right to her pretty white ears, startling her from that moment of peace. Nitika lifted her head, looking toward where the voice had come from. A bay roan stallion was now standing by Anahi, gently nudging her shoulder before he introduced himself and asking Nitika how she was faring.
The mare laid her head back down, "I'm covered in bite marks and there are hoof imprints on my hindquarters and ribs. How do you think I feel?" she asked. The tone was not hostile, nor sarcastic, but a bit edgy, showing that she was unnerved by the sudden arrival of this horse, even if he had probably been careful coming up to the mare since she was new to this land.
For a moment, she was interrupted from her thoughts when her hooves touched different terrain than the grass and dirt they'd been walking on to get here. Now, she was walking on a small bed of stone beside a river; that must've been what she'd heard for the past couple of minutes. She'd just figured it was a bug or something similar buzzing past her ear. She'd been too lost in her thoughts to really pay it much attention.
Anahi came to a stop by a batch of trees and asked Nitika if this place would be suitable for her to rest. The medicine hat mare simply nodded before going to lay in the shade, curling her legs under her body and allowing it to drop to the ground.
Finally getting all that weight off her hooves, the mare sighed in relief. She stretched her neck out, inhaling several big breaths to help calm herself down. She was okay... she was safe here, for now... she could rest...
Apparently not for long though. A voice cut through the existing silence and right to her pretty white ears, startling her from that moment of peace. Nitika lifted her head, looking toward where the voice had come from. A bay roan stallion was now standing by Anahi, gently nudging her shoulder before he introduced himself and asking Nitika how she was faring.
The mare laid her head back down, "I'm covered in bite marks and there are hoof imprints on my hindquarters and ribs. How do you think I feel?" she asked. The tone was not hostile, nor sarcastic, but a bit edgy, showing that she was unnerved by the sudden arrival of this horse, even if he had probably been careful coming up to the mare since she was new to this land.