She's got the devil's eyes
Were she a woman prone to open displays of amusement, this entire exchange would have no doubt been humorously displayed on her features. As it is, only the faint gleam in her blue eye gives her away. And given Neverwhere’s state of agitation, it’s unlikely she’s paying much mind to her anyway.
Of course, she could have put Neverwhere out of her misery and told her she already knew exactly what had happened during her encounter with Wolfbane. But that’s hardly the point of this conversation, is it? In any case, the dappled mare seems hardly surprised by her knowledge of the encounter. The supposition that she knew everything already was likely not a hard one to come to.
Far from being offended by her obvious dislike for her descendent, Heartfire rather finds it entertaining. She’s not so willfully obtuse as to refuse to acknowledge just how brash and grating the blue and yellow stallion can be. Indeed, they’ve had their own share of falling outs. Not the least of them being the current tension between them over the self-styled comtesse of Taiga.
“He didn’t care much for me either, when we first met,” Heartfire replies after a time, her voice mild, as though she hadn’t just revealed a rather interesting fact about their relationship. “And I can’t promise he’ll grow on you either.” The last is said with a faint thread of amusement tempered by fondness. Despite the way he had hurt her, she does not dispose of her familial affections so easily. “But he is good to have in one’s corner.”
She does not push any further on the subject, instead turning her attention to the mention of her friend. The one who had caught Wolfbane’s interest. She had not thought her grandson’s connection to Lepis would be so easily broken. And so, this new mare is rather… intriguing in that respect.
“You should invite your friend for a visit. If you’d like to keep her from Wolfbane, I can assure you he will likely not be coming to Nerine any time soon.”
He couldn’t avoid her in Nerine, after all.
and they'll cut you like a weapon