breaking like the wine-stained glass that held my drink
She beamed happily at the older mare’s congratulations. It felt good to share such a moment with another. While it had always been nice to achieve something herself, as she internally praised herself and found herself to becoming proud about what she was learning, it was not truly the same hearing it from someone else. Something she should have heard from her mother, but Eva truly would not know what it was like to need that validation and praise from her parents.
While the news was bewildering, it brought excitement into her own heart. Adria was certainly pleased with it as well. The other seahorse gave Eva a gentle bump on her nose. Eva jumped at the strange gesture and pulled herself back a little from the older mare. A wild and confused look took over her for a moment, but the look on Adria’s face told her everything was alright. Eva laughs softly, and gently bumps her own nose with Adria.
The atmosphere of excitement shifts after Eva tells her story. The nereid never found herself telling anyone about her story. It was something she really felt had any meaning when she had been alone. She didn’t look towards the past and focus on the death of her mother. It only seemed natural that life was meant to happen like that. The circle of life within the sea was either dangerous or generous. It took and gave what she wanted; Eva had learned.
Adria suddenly bursts out with an idea. Eva’s small purple ears flicker forward towards the vermilion colored mare as she hears out what the mare proposes. “Ischia?” She asks quietly as she considers the idea of that Adria suggests. Eva’s eyes light up quickly and a large smile widens quickly across her delicate, finely chiseled face. “I would be happy to go with you! When do we go?” She beams happily again at Adria.
The idea of being alone again did not settle with her. After meeting Adria, she couldn’t see herself living a life away from another. Perhaps she truly was not destined to live a life alone as the only nereid. And she would be going with Adria to meet more nereids too! “I’m Eva by the way,” she adds with a smile after she realizes she never told the other nereid mare her name.
Eva
@[Adria]