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08-11-2015, 01:10 PM
She got it, and yet she didn't. Her answer this time was a good one but still only left him feeling more frustrated than ever. Like an elephant telling a mayfly that there was no need to worry, that they were in the same boat. Easy for the elephant to say, who had the potential of years.
Cathun just shook his head as he made to leave. He felt like he couldn't stand to be in the presence of such unyielding optimism any longer, and after spewing so much frustration over the girl she had to be glad to be rid of him. And good riddance too!
So when she called him back the colt stopped dead with an expression of the utmost surprise as he glanced back, an ear pricking in reluctant interest for the first time since their paths crossed.
"Help?" he said, incredulous once the stuttering words reached him. "Why?"
If he hadn't been so surprised he might have been amused, triumphant even that her tone had grown uncertain at last. He couldn't believe his ears though, let alone feel any amount of glee. Was she a do-gooder too, not just a know-it-all? Why on earth would she be interested in anything that had to do with him? Hadn't he shouted at her? Hadn't he spewed foul words, accusations and derision at her?
If Cathun had known it was pity that made her extend her offer he might have turned on the spot, because that would have been far too insulting, an humiliation too much to stomach. As it was he hovered there on the trail, hesitant and disbelieving, suspicion glowing like embers in the eyes, actually prepared to listen for once.
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