It wasn’t that she had forgotten about Mauja- he was never far from her mind- but with so many other things having taken up her time, she had let her troubles with him take a back seat. Still, she needed to find him, she needed to apologize. They had both been there, when the Moon Goddess had revealed it was she who had been causing destruction, through the hooves of Gaucho. Kahlua only wished she could have known sooner. She had berated the Frostheart for the deaths, screamed at him that he was a murderer and feared him because he was a killer. She had been wrong.

She need to find him for something else too, though- advice.

He had lived here, well before she had asked him to come back to the Edge’s forest with her, and he had known the Lady Moon. Had she been so full of darkness then, as well? Had Kah been deceived these past three years, imagining that the Lady Moon was good and righteous? Or… or was there something different, something new about her, that was changing her actions? The Sunshower tried to think, tried to remember her interactions with the Lady Moon. They were few and far between, but they had always been for the betterment of Kahlua’s life. Her promotion to Queen, helping draw her from her depression when she had accidentally killed Shilva, another time in the Edge perhaps.

And then there were all her prayers- prayers for the safety of her herd, for friendships and alliances with the other denizens of Helovia that had clearly been answered. The Edge remained safe, despite their shattered wall and lack-luster approach to safety.

She shook her head. It was too much. She was no sleuth. She was not anything that was particularly useful- only a woman child with too many ideals and too little constitution. Still, for her herd, she had to try. Weaving her very pregnant body through the trees of the Edge, her basket hanging from her mouth (with scorpion, music box, a few feathers, a glowing rock, and some herbs from Aly and Res), the queen searched for the familiar spotted body of her friend. Moving was difficult at this point, the queen was sure that she was due to give birth any day now, but she was on a mission and she would not be stopped.

A dragon cry from above broke through the gentle music of the nature around her- Khan’s attempt to find the Frostheart in the shadowy forest. The sun was setting beyond the cliff horizon at the northern end of the territory, but it was for the best. The sweltering heat was quite a lot to bear during the day. Would her icy friend even be found here, given the circumstances? “Mau-a?” she called around the handle of her basket, using the light of her stone to guide her way as she searched for him or either of his owls. There was so much to say… she only hoped it was not too late.

@[Mauja]

Kahlua

only light can drive out the darkness