No Time for Lies and Empty Fights
He travelled some distance behind Megaera as they journeyed north to the Heart Caves. As her dark silhouette grew ever smaller, just a vanishing smear against the bright blue of their wonderland, the copper soldier swooped one last time along the stretch of salty coastline. It was a rugged, desolate-looking border, but he was ever conscious of the wily creatures of the Basin (and those harboured by the Wilds), as an ever-present threat to his homeland.
All seemed clear though, cunning, meticulous gaze could find no hint of movement, and Veci who gambled along the rough terrain below him found nothing worth his time.
To the caves then, Veci, the stallion called through their bond, and turned his direction into the cool headwind; climbing ever upwards with the slow grace of an eagle, to find heaven’s highway so that the trip might be brief.
The churning bay of blue – deceptively still from such a high altitude, was quickly lost beneath the sea of bright terracotta, and even before he had ascended to his preferred height, Hector was dipping is extensive wingspan to drop. The pretty gemstones of the region glinted playfully as the warm Birdsong sun kissed their coloured faces, and not too much further north than his destination, the column of spiralling smoke rose from the famous molten lake.
Hector’s descent was rapid, swinging loops around the well concealed mouth of The Sanctuary; into which the flash movement of the warrior mare had slipped. It took him mere minutes to find the earth beneath round, sound hooves, and after a collection of galloping strides, he too was passing into the ground – a place that he had not returned to in many, many months. With the sound of conversation as his guide, the stallion wove a path through intricate stone corridors, until he was paused behind them.
"Alija, Meg..." he murmured with a bellowing tone, ever aware of the cold ceiling above and its crude tendency to amplify sound. There seemed to be no other crawling through the underground with them, but Hector sent the Boggart off to patrol the darkness regardless – ever the soldier’s mindset.
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