“It gets less difficult,” she admitted, almost forgetting for a moment that she was speaking to a child. Though the babe was small of stature, her mind was clearly one of an adult. Her words were those that no child should have to speak, her tone one of a horse that had seen too many sorrows in too short of a time. Kahlua did not divine such thoughts, of course, her own mind incapable of considering such depth, but if she had the capacity to think such things, she surely would have. As for the wings- Kahlua surely had somebody in mind ofr that. “Alysanne will teach you, surely. She’s one of my best friends, and the Moon Doctor at the World’s Edge.” And Kahlua knew, even without Aly there to confirm, that the pegasus would teach this one to fly. Aly had a love for children that the Sunshower lacked.

However, her own pleasure at such a variety of good ideas was dampened when the filly decided that she was not trying to find her old home. Frowning for a moment, Kahlua shifted back and forth as she tried to decide what to do. Fate? Maybe… Kahlua held more belief in the gods than fate, but philosophical conversations were her kryptonite- they brought her to her knees. So, instead of fretting, she took the filly’s hint to move on. “Well, let’s go meet them, then,” she decided, and with a flippant toss of her head, she turned and took off at a slow (but still bouncy) trot.

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As the trio travelled along, Kahlua let Khan do most of the work of keeping the child entertained. Swooping around her and sweeping his wings over her back and sides when she would let him, he reveled in the fun that he was having. Surely, it slowed the trip down, but Kahlua did not mind. It gave her time away from home, time away from responsibility and tasks that were pressing down upon her too hard for too long. But eventually they had to come to the border, and to the border they arrived. “Mind the glass,” she said to Myrrine, calling Khan back to her mentally so that the filly would pay attention to where she placed her hooves. Shattered glass still riddled the ground around portions of the glass wall that still stood. It had been brilliant once, a massive barrier protecting the herd, but the darkness had ruined it and she was glad for it.

Whinnying out, honestly hoping that Alysanne might be the one to answer her call, Kahlua returned her gaze to the child. “Well… This is the Edge. You can call it home. I hope you like it.” Stepping aside as she finished walking past the remains of the wall, she left room for the filly to walk by her and explore, if she desired.

@[Myrrine]

Kahlua

only light can drive out the darkness