04-07-2017, 01:14 PM
"A diplomat." he repeats the unfamiliar word. She says it like he should know what it means, and it makes him curious. Djinni clearly has not yet begun the structured lessons received by most kingdom-born foals (and especially those that are the offspring of monarchs). She's of the mind that children need time to be children, but Ivar is obviously curious about this unknown word.
"What's a diplomat?" He asks, looking up at the older mare with bright eyes. "Are you a diplomat too?"
He does want to know, but he is also young. So when a brightly colored bluebird flits through the woods behind Eiria, his gaze follows it to where it perches on a tall stone outcropping. He doesn't mean to be rude when he moves toward it; he even calls back over his shoulder to the amber champagne roan: "Hey come help me catch this bird!"
The colt is clearly attempting to be stealthy - he moves slowly and deliberately - but the way the leaves crackle beneath his hooves and how he steps on what seems like every twig on the forest floor alert the bird to his arrival long before he can pounce. It is soaring away and he watches it with a disappointed expression before he gets over it with childlike ease.
"Have you ever caught a bird before? I haven't".
"What's a diplomat?" He asks, looking up at the older mare with bright eyes. "Are you a diplomat too?"
He does want to know, but he is also young. So when a brightly colored bluebird flits through the woods behind Eiria, his gaze follows it to where it perches on a tall stone outcropping. He doesn't mean to be rude when he moves toward it; he even calls back over his shoulder to the amber champagne roan: "Hey come help me catch this bird!"
The colt is clearly attempting to be stealthy - he moves slowly and deliberately - but the way the leaves crackle beneath his hooves and how he steps on what seems like every twig on the forest floor alert the bird to his arrival long before he can pounce. It is soaring away and he watches it with a disappointed expression before he gets over it with childlike ease.
"Have you ever caught a bird before? I haven't".