the firestarters always get the burns
and the good guys never get the girl
The moon-coloured mare nod a bit, almost unseen, when Aten says Sylva sounds disappointing. "I don't know. Maybe it'll change. But I have a feeling that if it does, it will be more like Loess is now, not as pleasant as it was before. But still, that's better than currently, or, a short time before that actually." she frowns, then shakes her head. Why's she talking about a kingdom that has recently changed leadership at all? She can't inform him on it much.
She looks at him, wondering. He seemed friendly. Could be a good friend, she estimated, and perhaps she had the wrong idea, but he seemed like the silent-guardian-type to her. So when he says he is indeed looking for a new place, she's not all too surprised.
"You don't strike me as one for a Sisterhood, but the Brotherhood may be a fit. If it isn't, well, Hyaline could use a few more guardians on her border - or diplomats to help recruit some." she offers. In one sentence, that was about what she felt would be right for him, based on a first impression. The hesitancy in not even wanting to ask something as big as this kind of judgment from her, marked him modest to her, too. So she would stick by either Ischia or Hyaline, indeed.
@[Aten] sorry it's a bit short