if there's a light at the end, it's just the sun in your eyes
Amet doesn’t expect his wait to be lengthy, nor does it end up that way. Shortly after his call reverberates through Tephra’s humid air, Offspring’s muscled frame can be seen pulling away from the distant tree line and approaching the gilded King with a smile of his own. A bout of nerves, flitting and turning in his stomach, surfaces as the ruler of Tephra encroaches but Amet keeps his countenance calm and friendly. He’s not here to cause trouble, after all – though the topic of their conversation will take a delicate turn, in time.
Gifting Offspring with a polite nod, the young Akhal-Teke is pleased to see that his arrival upon the volcanic island is not unwelcome. There had been concern, a quiet inkling, within Amet’s thoughts that had made him question whether or not the red-eyed King would admit him to visit Tephra after the conclusion of their meeting in Hyaline.
He is not naïve enough to think that Offspring’s relationship with the Nerinian Queen is a friendly one.
”Offspring, it’s good to see you,” Amet says truthfully, his ears fluttering in acknowledgment of the other stallion’s inquiry. With poise usually seen in rulers and diplomats much older than himself, the Dragon King responds confidently, ”There is something I’d like to discuss with you, if you have the time.” He pauses then, his amber eyes turning away from Offspring and to Tephra’s border and then back again. ”Could we move further into your home? I’d like this conversation to stay private, and away from eavesdropping ears,” He finishes with a quiet chuckle before they are moving further into the Kingdom of Tephra.
Amet remains quiet for another minute or two, calculating how he’d like to broach the subject with his companion as they walk abreast of each other. Finally, he takes the leap, deciding that there is a time for circumventing and a time for diving straight into the midst of the matter at hand -- ”I have informed Nayl that I no longer wish for Hyaline to be a subkingdom of Nerine,” a pause, a sideways grin, ”Needless to say, she was disapproving.”
He waits then, amber eyes roving Offspring’s face, curious of the Tephran King’s thoughts.
Amet
@[Offspring]