12-04-2017, 04:45 PM
like the sun swallowed up by the earth
His eyes rise to meet hers, unaware that their gaze had trickled downward and out from beneath her pleading stare. He cannot lie, it is not within his ability to do so, and with a certain bravery he looks back into Kolera’s large brown eyes and sighs deeply, his chest heavy with the weight of the things he must tell her. “Sylva is not what it used to be, Kolera,” his voice is gentle and even, a stoicism about him that is quite ravishing, despite the ill news he had been given to tell her. “A darkness has overcome it, one that cannot be wiped away with magic. It’s something that has been brought by its inhabitants...” Warrick’s robust voice trails off, narrowing his eyes slightly as he watches her, wondering if she understood completely what he is saying. “Gryffen has led them into the deepest of pits, and I worry that your return to your homeland would not be as you expect.”
The stallion pauses, inhaling deeply of the fresh smell of the redwoods around them, knowing that his next words must be chosen carefully. “She is in Tephra,” he begins cautiously, taking a small step towards the bay mare, wings fluttering lightly at his sides as he flexes uneasily. How is he to tell her, a dear and sweet friend, that her mother has been captured by the order of his general, a captive beneath his command, and would only be released when his voice deemed it so? He swallows hard, wondering why so quickly the weight of leadership comes crashing down around him.
“She will remain there until the tensions between Sylva and Tephra have subsided. She is safe, I assure you. She is under Levi’s care.”
He concludes with finality, brows rising hopefully as he stretches his muzzle forward to perhaps brush the amber color of her cheek once again, hesitant as he awaits her reaction.
Warrick
@[Kolera]