Solace
She knows the surprise manifests on her face, the thought embarrassingly wriggles in the back of her mind as her eyes lift back to Wound. Solace struggles to quantify this woman, who is not her mother, yet has birthed her sister.
consort? mistress? herd mare?
Solace had never felt for Tangerine the way a child should feel for their mother - the far-seeing woman had often looked right over her children heads and probably her lover's too - but still, that Warrick could take others to his bed causes her to momentarily falter. The surprise burns hot yet quick and she settles the flair of emotions and confusion before her sister's mother, Wound, begins speaking again.
The grounding touch of Kageru's tapered muzzle to her shoulder helps return Solace's usual composure just in time for her to realize that these two are not seeking sanctuary, but that she has stumbled into her first diplomatic meeting as Queen. The pale mare gives Kageru a quick glance weighted with gratitude before looking back the filly, Wishbone.
Of course.
Warrick would never leave his child's mother to wander the country seeking sanctuary, she knew that of him. "Sisters," she repeats as if she were the child, her lips adopting a shy smile as she forms the word. "It nice to meet you, Wishbone. You are a strong traveler, it was years before I left the islands." The weight of the other two mares expeditionists and her duty as Caretaker fill her mind then, but her growing family remains ever present in her thoughts as she returns her attention to Wound.
"Come, let's walk and talk. The lake is this way and you must be thirsty." After stepping towards the center of her kingdom Solace pauses to match her stride to that of her guest. "All is well in Tephra?"
All is well with my father?
caretaker of hyaline
