As so many more gathered around her, Kahlua was more than delighted to see her friend Aly there among the group. She hadn't even known Aly had been traveling this way, but she wished she would have as adventures were always more fun with a friend in tow. Nickering softly, marveling at how easily Aly seemed to give an answer that made so much sense, the queen bounced happily over to her friend and reached out to nuzzle her neck in warm greeting. None of the others seemed familiar to the queen so she contented herself with waiting near her friend as the rest came to give their answers.

It amazed the queen that the sphinx could speak to her in her head the first time, and when it happened again the Sunshower could not help but be delighted. She would not have been so delighted if the sphinx had told her she was wrong, but that did not happen. The paint was reaffirmed in her beliefs that peace was the correct answer to most things and hummed softly while the sphinx took her time answering everyone else with words that were unknown and unheard to Kahlua.

In time, new words flooded the girl's mind and she looked to Aly as they were spoken, wondering if her friend was hearing the same things. But as soon as the sphinx was done speaking, the queen stomped her hoof into the ground and raised her head defiantly. Nothing! she shouted in her mind. Nothing is greater than the gods! She more or less ignored the rest of the riddle, so caught up in the ridiculous notion that anything could be greater than the divines that ruled this land. The queen, though childish, was devoted to the deities.

However, after her sudden outburst in her head, the queen wondered if the sphinx could read her thoughts the same way that she could speak into them. The queen frowned but decided that it was too late to change her mind. If the sphinx had heard her, then she would surely be eliminated from this game. Although, she was sure she would be eliminated anyways, for defying the sphinx with such fervor. “Nothing,” she murmured, disappointed in herself for reacting without thinking, perhaps just loud enough for Aly, of all the mortals, to hear. Hopefully the sphinx had better hearing.

[Magic: Earth x Shock | Can infuse rocks with electricity to create permanent light sources from them]
Prior Refusals: #1, #2, #3