Julia's short existence in Tephra has been happy. JULIA
There have been no real troubles (that she is aware of). There have been times that she thinks she can pick up on something between her parents - some flickering of tense emotion - but Raul and Warlight have concealed that from their girls. For Julia, it never goes beyond her brow creasing in concern or the deepening of her light blue eyes as she watched them.
The buckskin girl lifts her head and looks behind her, peering down at her younger sister fondly.
What she shares with her younger sister is something that Julia herself believes so this isn't a lie. She doesn't doubt that Warlight will come back. Their mother had conquered (as Julia innocently believes) the Mountain so what could the Alliance do to their two-toned dam that she hadn't already encountered? On nights that Starsonder's elder sister stays up too late, she even imagines that their antlered mother could win the fabled competition.
(And who better to know the depth and scope of dreaming than the descendants of Kagerus and Solace?)
Sonder's tears are waiting for Julia as she gazes at her younger sister, crowning the lashes of her apricot sibling like jewels. There is the trepidation of a hesitant smile waiting for her as well and Julia does her best to coax the rest of it from the yearling.
She blinks, trying to think of the best setting for a grand adventure.
It comes to her in the blazing orange-and-gold fire hues of Sylva. The kingdom isn't far from Tephra and though it has a long and menacing history, there is nothing about it in recent events. It is Pangea that they should be wary of; the fire-bringers that dwell in the East (and even they are reportedly their friends).
A playful smile tugs on her pale lips and Julia reaches out to teasingly pull on a strand of Sonder's coral mane. "What about Sylva?" she offers with glittering eyes, a secret adventure already playing in her mind's eye. "We could leave now and be back before Papa even notices we're gone."
@[Starsonder]