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While Ru waits she takes careful consideration of the stranger’s smile. She wonders if it is habitual or truly rare, or… if it mattered at all. In the back of her mind, she felt some sort of satisfaction behind the illusive expression. It was like finding a rose in the winter. To be found, treasured – in that moment, before the cold would sweep it away in decay. These small idiosyncrasies reminded her of the people she knew. The small things she missed, though the reminder wasn’t entirely devastating – nor bittersweet in essence. It was a soft fragrance that fell upon Ru. Settling in the quiet between them.
The youth blinked out of her stare, the wind that first brushes against her skin is soothing. She takes a deep breath as its rolls along sweating skin. There is more to its presence, to the shift and the darkening shroud surrounding them. It should concern the girl. It should frighten her, and for a moment it does. Reminds her of the monsters shifting through the night on a lonely venture, or the craw of crows and vermin in the wilds. She half expects a claw to tear through, or jaws to snap them whole.
Instead, the strangest sensation dissolves such thoughts. Ru’s eyes widen, shifts uneasily as the tissue animates against the surface wounds. It wasn’t painful, merely… odd and briefly disturbing. The sensation wasn’t one easily described. Only that the wetness of the dark cloud seemed to bring about this phenomena. Her eyes lifted towards the mare, her jaw dropped - How is that even possible!
She squealed sharply, shaking her head – a shiver ran down her spine as she inhaled again. The feathers at her neck stood on their ends, flared. Regaining her wonder, inhaling it back and bottling it all inside. It did not hide the expression of her bewilderment. Dazed, she moved about, circling Lyanna to make an assessment of her work. The stinging wasn’t as sharp with movement. As for soreness, Ru couldn’t quite tell. It seemed fine, it wasn’t a burden. For the time being she’d refrained from frowning and all seemed right.
With a satisfied grunt, she stopped beside and finally nodded her head – a curt, quick motion. So they were even, right?
Hah! Barely. Something like that wasn’t easily repaid. The idea of owing someone in return usually bristled Ru’s mindset, however… as her gaze travelled further into the Edge, she thought of a few things that might set them on equal grounds.
But... without thinking the girl chirped and pressed further into the lands. Picking up her legs she sauntered ahead, the mists starting to clear as the heat of the day passed daybreak. There was too much happening in that mind, and now she was incredibly eager to discover what else she could find here.
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