11-27-2022, 08:33 PM
The spotted mare doesn’t hesitate, splashing into the water. Malik stops in the shallows, and would have been content to stay there had Paj Mia not drawn him into water. The water wasn’t especially cold, but it was unexpected, and the black stallion blinks in surprise while she moves out of range of potential retribution.
‘Have you ever played before?’ she asks. It is clear from her lighthearted tone and chortled merriment that she’d meant the splashing in jest. “Not in a long time,” he answers. From startled surprise, his expression has once more become a smile, though it does not quite reach his mismatched eyes.
He cannot even remember the last time he had played for the fun of it. Perhaps with his youngest sisters, but even in their childhood he had been prone to fits of quiet brooding and isolation.
Malik wants to try though, so he smiles, and lowers his head to toss a bit of water in Paj Mia’s direction.
‘Have you ever played before?’ she asks. It is clear from her lighthearted tone and chortled merriment that she’d meant the splashing in jest. “Not in a long time,” he answers. From startled surprise, his expression has once more become a smile, though it does not quite reach his mismatched eyes.
He cannot even remember the last time he had played for the fun of it. Perhaps with his youngest sisters, but even in their childhood he had been prone to fits of quiet brooding and isolation.
Malik wants to try though, so he smiles, and lowers his head to toss a bit of water in Paj Mia’s direction.