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[Velkan]

Night time is the worst. Everything is so dark, even when the stars and the moon are out, and it’s so depressing. Do you know how many others have walked into me during the night? There’s not a speck of any other colour anywhere on my body - not my teeth, not my eyeballs, not even my nose - that isn’t the deepest colour of black. So yeah, I blend in a little bit. So when there’s something that stands out in the darkness, I’m automatically drawn towards it. And tonight, it’s not just the moon drawing my attention - it looks like there’s fire. Fire’s pretty dangerous, dear-ol’-mother taught me that, and I’m wary of it like anyone with a sliver of sense but there I go - walking towards it anyway. Okay look, it’s scary but it’s also pretty and I’m only mortal. Imagine my surprise when I move through the meadow and discover that the fire is moving and that it’s attached to the back of another horse. She’s pacing back and forth, and seems to be in distress, and I can only imagine it’s because she’s on fire. But there doesn’t seem to be any panic so I stand there for a few seconds just making the most ???? face ever. Finally, though, I edge a little closer and speak up. “Excuse me miss.” I start out strong, but this is where both my brain and my voice start to falter because the next words I have to say… they’re ridiculous. And they’re not even a joke even though they’re going to sound like it. I just, I just can’t talk about anything else until we clear this one thing up. Because damn is this one cool looking mare and I’ve got a lot of other questions that are going to come after this one probably. But first and foremost, I lower my voice - my black eyes focused intently on her and, if I wasn’t composed of nothing but shadow, it might even be easy to see the concern flickering in my eyes in the warm combination of firelight and moonlight. “Did… did you know that you’re on fire?”

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@[Ember]