"But the dream, the echo, slips from him as quickly as he had found it and as consciousness comes to him (a slap and not the gentle waves of oceanic tides), it dissolves entirely. His muscles relax as the cold claims him again, as the numbness sets in, and when his grey eyes open, there’s nothing but the faint after burn of a dream often trod and never remembered." --Brigade, written by Laura
The young mare with coal black eyes had always loved puzzles, mainly solving them. Nothing was better than watching a perfect match being made, or solving an elusive riddle. The gratifaction of completion thrilled Eyas, causing her to sometimes rush through problems more easily solved by slow consideration beforehand. When her brother Gale had been alive the thinking part was his job; Eyas was responsible for clarifying the bigger picture. Now that he was gone that left more than half of the leg work for her to think through:
A glimpse of Jesper’s battle had brought her here, but why? She didn’t have the slightest idea. Gale would know what to do or where to look, if he were here. Eyas watched the black stallion of Icicle Isle lose the tension in his shoulders and saw his head drop, so she mirrored him and lowered her head as well, listening. She did know him, not just of him since he’d been flashing in her dreams lately. But only scenes of his battle, over and over again. Likely he assumed Heartfire had told Eyas everything she needed to know so he stood there, waiting for an answer but nothing sprang to her mind.
At first.
What would Gale do? The female bit her lip. “The information… “ She stalled, thinking of Gale and how he would look if her triplet were still alive and on this journey with her. His lovely blue color would’ve come in by now, most likely he would’ve had some type of stripes. His wings would be all pale and downy. She could imagine her brother so clearly that a figure of him began to take place beside her - flickering to life like an image on a screen.
The imaginary Gale smiled in a way that told her everything she’d been looking for. Look through his eyes first, he seemed to say. Eyas breathed deeply and delved into Jesper’s sight, peering into every moment he’d ever had his eyes open to see. Flashes of landscape and images of horses began to buzz in and out of the fast-forwarded scenes. look for constants, Gale said next.
Eyas exhaled steadily and went blank-faced, talking to Jesper aloud as she sorted through more visions in her mind. “Sabrina isn’t the only loose end you should be tying up,” She warned, seeing Jesper through Lavendel and Camomila's eyes next. They were the ones who’d been the most intimate with him… there. She stopped looking and blinked; Gale disappeared and Jesper was still here in Icicle Isle.
A shiver ran across her shoulders. “You have a son who doesn’t know you’re his father.” Came the steady reply. Both her eyes cleared, focusing on Jesper’s tilted expression. “He has a twin sister but the information I have on her current whereabouts is scarce. The colt is bay, with large patches of white covering his coat. He’s been in Sylva this whole time… but my source tells me the boy was wandering the Forest not long ago.”
Eyas felt the heady wave of adrenaline rushing away from her, now that her puzzle had been solved. She felt incredibly tired, exhausted enough to shiver in the cold and try to nap before leaving and flying home. But she powered on, recalling the vision of the boy’s mother naming him until reading Lavendel's memory-silent lips started to make sense. “Juice. His name is Juice, keep that in mind.”
TWO TO LOOK, AND ONE TO SEE
Eyas
@[Jesper] tl;dr: Eyas uses her vision manipulation to plant a fake vision of her dead brother Gale right beside her, like an imaginary friend. Then she dives into Jesper's sight and looks through his life until she finds Lavendel and Camomila. Through Lavendel's sight she finds Juice and his twin Jager, but can only see through Juice's eyes in the present. She tells Jesper everything she can about Juice, lip-reads Lavendel naming him that, and is really tired from all her hard work.
I'm leaving it up to you as far as: if Jesper feels Eyas using her power on his vision, and if he wants to see fake Gale appear/disappear or not. He wouldn't see any of the visions Eyas sees, since she's not sharing them with him (except for Gale).
