12-10-2019, 02:44 AM
Ilma
One night I will be the moon
hanging over you
One night I will be a star
follow where you are
hanging over you
One night I will be a star
follow where you are
The dun mare before her can be an annoyance sometimes - probably on purpose, though Ilma isn’t always quite sure why she chooses said tactic. If it is to be released in some manner, it appears to Ilma that it usually has an opposite effect (though she thinks Lepis would say that it worked with Ilma at the time). Nevertheless, it doesn’t surprise her that the likes of Heartfire would not let go of a territory so easily as Ilma had been willing to release a stealee on the same conditions she’d had in mind for her.
The ethereal-looking mare swishes her tail a bit when Lepis talks about ‘freedom’. ”It’s your phrasing. Nobody likes to think of themselves as the oppressor.” Not unlike you didn’t, when you took over, she doesn’t add. Heartfire would argue that Taiga had been free until Wolfbane and Lepis wanted to change it into an actual kingdom, she sees.
It occurs to Ilma that her friendship with Lepis may for a long time still be tedious, but at least she is content with having made the move. Nevertheless she needs to tell the mare all details about her own offer. ”My predictions can’t be wholly accurate. There’s conflicting vision, the more people are involved. But no, I don’t think it's likely that this would be similar to Tephra.” An ear twitch, thoughtful look. ”Have you considered choosing neither Heartfire nor Castile? I would by far prefer that my friends won’t hurt my other friends,” Ilma then wonders. There were of course risks in denying either, but either could make up for that, she feels. Denying both would be a bolder move, but wouldn’t Taiga benefit more from being relatively neutral? The land had always been a bit of the ‘land of the free’ vibe. It was central enough to do so, after all.
”Perhaps you should leave this choice to Pteron,” she concludes. That’s what she did when she had decided to leave her own throne and kingdom behind. Not because she could not, but for the heir. Some might consider it trying to rule through a puppet. She’d made that mistake. Amber eyes fall on the dun and navy mare with the certainty of this knowledge. Of course, things could be undone, but it would take him so much time - and would anyone still trust either Lepis or Pteron?
The ethereal-looking mare swishes her tail a bit when Lepis talks about ‘freedom’. ”It’s your phrasing. Nobody likes to think of themselves as the oppressor.” Not unlike you didn’t, when you took over, she doesn’t add. Heartfire would argue that Taiga had been free until Wolfbane and Lepis wanted to change it into an actual kingdom, she sees.
It occurs to Ilma that her friendship with Lepis may for a long time still be tedious, but at least she is content with having made the move. Nevertheless she needs to tell the mare all details about her own offer. ”My predictions can’t be wholly accurate. There’s conflicting vision, the more people are involved. But no, I don’t think it's likely that this would be similar to Tephra.” An ear twitch, thoughtful look. ”Have you considered choosing neither Heartfire nor Castile? I would by far prefer that my friends won’t hurt my other friends,” Ilma then wonders. There were of course risks in denying either, but either could make up for that, she feels. Denying both would be a bolder move, but wouldn’t Taiga benefit more from being relatively neutral? The land had always been a bit of the ‘land of the free’ vibe. It was central enough to do so, after all.
”Perhaps you should leave this choice to Pteron,” she concludes. That’s what she did when she had decided to leave her own throne and kingdom behind. Not because she could not, but for the heir. Some might consider it trying to rule through a puppet. She’d made that mistake. Amber eyes fall on the dun and navy mare with the certainty of this knowledge. Of course, things could be undone, but it would take him so much time - and would anyone still trust either Lepis or Pteron?
Hurry, the sun is waking
Darling, don't leave me waiting
Darling, don't leave me waiting
@[Lepis] eck, so late
Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this: men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.
Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time