Ampere had never considered how pessimistic she could be until he told her that her thoughts were grim. Her struck her like a cold blade in her gut, her emotions shrinking back like roaches in the light. Especially since being trapped down here she had grown increasingly worse, her thoughts tumbling down, down, and down. She had ranged between pity and sorrow to denial and anger. Now it seemed she had finally accepted the present circumstances, but with some cruel ideology that they were destined for death and decay.
She shook her head, trying to laugh off his words, but the sound was weak and small and the length of the cavern soon consumed the noise. At the very least he did not seem to judge her for it, his voice remaining smooth and mellow and his words matter of fact. It soothed her.
She was grateful then when their discussion topic pivoted to something less dark - she needed to take her mind off of all of
this. He didn't seem as pleased though, a slight change altering him, almost lost to the dark if not for the gentle glow of the gems. Much like she had responded to his comment he seemed to grow chilly and rigid. She could not figure out why though when he spoke of his home. Naive Ampere had visited his homeland and been chased out for it, but its name eluded her, considered unimportant at the time, for whatever foolish reason.
"That sounds nice," she murmured in response, smiling to convince him to relax again.
"I'm from... nowhere and everywhere," she replied after a thoughtful quiet where she'd considered how to phrase it. Her wildlands status wasn't anything she was ashamed of, even if it was lonely and difficult at times, like now. If it weren't for the kindness of Mesec would she even have made it here on time?
"Herd life has always seemed too...stifling." That's what she'd always told herself anyway, but lately the ache of her heart and the chill at her side in this winter hovel had made her reconsider the worth of company.
He finished with his name, which brought a wide grin to her lips. She had never been one for the exchanging of names, part of the trouble with identifying the Aurora Basin, but she thought the mannerism of it was, cute.
"A handsome name for a handsome stallion," she responded with a croon.
"I'm Ampere."
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