Evangeline felt grossly out of place and completely wrong standing where she was, in the Falls' territory as she waited for Tallis to find Thor. She watched the families as the left, her heart breaking for the foals that ran looking for their parents among the chaos. The battered bodies, tear stained faces, and panicked voices were like a shot to the gut and only furthered her resolve that she could not stay there. She wondered if Thor would feel the same way or if he would insist on staying since he had gone to battle to claim the Falls. If that were the case would she be willing to sacrifice her beliefs just to stay by his side? Her eyes fell shut and she sighed and she tried not to think of all the 'what ifs' that came along with such violence.

'Found him.' Tallis' voice made her emerald eyes snap open and she lifted her head to search for Thor. 'Coming now.'

She heard the thundering of his hooves long before she saw his body come into view and it made her shift nervously. A flash of orange in the sky caught her eye and seconds later she could see Thor barreling toward her. "Thor!" She called out to him. Unable to remain standing where she was she cantered toward him, her heart thundering in her chest and butterflies fluttering in her stomach like she was a filly again falling in love for the first time. She slowed as they came closer together and when he finally stopped she pressed her face into his neck. "I was so scared." She murmured against his skin. "Tallis couldn't find you at first, and I thought you were hurt...." She shifted so she could look at his face, into his eyes, but she could not hold his gaze. She had to blink to force back the tears of relief that had come so suddenly.

Was it selfish of her to be relieved that Thor was uninjured when so many others were?

Soft chirps and trills sounded from beneath the thickness of her mane, but they soon escalated into full blown squawks as Sabine made her presence known. Evangeline had forgotten that she'd found the small bird at the border of the Edge. She had known right away that it was Thor's companion and Tallis had scooped the young zephyr and placed it in her mane. Despite the current situation she found herself in, Evangeline laughed softly and moved closer to Thor so that Sabine could crawl onto her bonded. "I found her and didn't want to leave her behind." Eva explained as she stepped back once Sabine was safely with Thor.

The lightheartedness and humor of the moment was short lasting as the heaviness of the battle that had transpired came crashing down again. Evangeline sobered as she looked from Thor to the battle weary soldiers and civilians. "Look at them." She whispered. "This isn't right. None of it is right." Again, she could feel her heart breaking for them and, again, she wondered if the ousted Falls herd would retaliate; if it would mark the beginning of a long period of violence that would end with death and destruction, leaving them all with nothing but bloodied ground to call their own. Even then was it really their's to claim when the only reason they were even living there was because the Gods allowed them to?

"Did you fight?" She asked, though she truly didn't want to know the answer, but he looked unharmed. Had he refused once he'd gotten there? "Why? What reason did we have for doing this?"


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