[open] lost in the woods; any

[Lepis]

again you’re gone, off on a different path than mine i'm left behind wondering if i should follow With a shared border and no need for a single resting place, Lepis’ move to Loess from Taiga has been a gradual one. The nest that she had shared with Wolfbane is in the southern part of the hilly kingdom, but Lepis has no desire to return there. Instead, she has found a place in the northern highlands, a place that is entirely her own. Just a hollow in the rising hills, one with a lone saguro guarding the only walkable entry. Orchids rest along both arms, and golden pothos trail down the cactus’ trunk. It’s an unnatural blend of plant life, but one that is so very Loess that Lepis finds it perfect. Early morning sun illuminates the crown of the cactus when she opens her eyes, and the blue mare yawns. Her first night back in Loess, she realizes, and pulls her wings close to her sides after stretching them. It does not feel so different, just one more small change. But her life has been full of small changes for years now. They seemed small at the time, anyway, and yet now as she looks down at the rolling hills of her homeland she hardly recognizes it. Her children are grown, with children of their own. It is her first summer in nearly a decade without a suckling foal at her side, and the first summer in recent memory without a title affixed to her name. The future spreads out in front of her like the lowlands of Loess, growing slowly brighter with the rising sun. LEPIS i’m the one who sees you home-- but now i’m lost in the woods and i don’t know what path you are on

@any loess resident