07-05-2020, 05:07 AM
Elayne
The mauve filly hears a voice, and a small smile presents itself on her lips. Hello, little fish. How could he know the irony of his nickname? Still, she coughs a little from exhaustion, and she hardly responds when he cleans most of the moist from her coat. She’s still cold, but not as freezing as she was just a moment before, and she makes a small sound - nothing at all like the thank you she would have wanted to say, but it will have to do.
When he tells her he can’t carry her, disappointment floats into her golden gaze for just a second, but then she struggles through the sand and pushes a foreleg under her body. Like a foal standing for the first time, she struggles to get up, and half-wobbles half-crawls through the sands only to drop her exhausted body again. Her wings flutter like an insect’s or a butterfly’s, but she doesn’t have the strength to change them into any one lighter substance than her natural feathers for the moment, and she lets them droop by her sides once more. Looking up to the red-faced male, Elayne gives a nod and smiles, then shakes her head. When she opens her mouth, she croaks, her body too dehydrated to allow her throat any understandable sounds, let alone coherent words. She sighs, letting her head hang to hide her tears. How stupid had she been? Would she ever see her mom and dad again now?
When he tells her he can’t carry her, disappointment floats into her golden gaze for just a second, but then she struggles through the sand and pushes a foreleg under her body. Like a foal standing for the first time, she struggles to get up, and half-wobbles half-crawls through the sands only to drop her exhausted body again. Her wings flutter like an insect’s or a butterfly’s, but she doesn’t have the strength to change them into any one lighter substance than her natural feathers for the moment, and she lets them droop by her sides once more. Looking up to the red-faced male, Elayne gives a nod and smiles, then shakes her head. When she opens her mouth, she croaks, her body too dehydrated to allow her throat any understandable sounds, let alone coherent words. She sighs, letting her head hang to hide her tears. How stupid had she been? Would she ever see her mom and dad again now?
@[Dace]