You have fallen and stood, now be lifted

[PRIVATE] You have fallen and stood, now be lifted

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Helovian Ancient

Stallion :: Equine :: ::

01-30-2016, 05:54 PM

(01-03-2016, 11:47 PM)Random Event Wrote:

His answer is immediate and decisive, nothing like his prior response, and her eyes seem to whirl with interest at the complex layers this stallion offered. Of course, his active tongue does not change, filling in any lingering questions or otherwise. It draws humor from her, visible in just the slightest lift of the edges of her beak, where the delicate weapon melds with the feathery flare of her skull.

"Spoken like a true Prince," she murmurs, drawing her head from the lowered position it had sunken to in order to observe him. Pulling herself up and into herself, the phoenix resumed her more regal stance, as if to compete with his name and his choice. "One who thinks of all, and does what is best for the many." His answer helped show her some of his character. A kind horse or a shy horse may have picked the mouse, not wanting the poor creatures to be eaten and knowing they had other foods to eat besides grain. A warrior or a proud horse might have picked the hawk, for its evaluated worth was often deemed greater than mice or grain by those who felt themselves worthier. Yet Cera chose the grain, and what's more, seemed to have already had an answer ready.

She was narrowing in on him now, but there was one more question she'd need to decide how best to fulfill her god's quest this day. "So tell me then, keeper of the grain, how do you presume to help it?" She was tempted to ask only that, for that was the heart of the matter, but given their past words she was sure he would answer deeply. Better to give him some options, she decided quickly. "Do you defend it from those who wish to eat it all and trample it? Do you make it tougher, so that it is not so easy to eat and trample? Or do you hide it, so that it is difficult to find to eat and trample?" Her beak parted with an open pant of anticipation, and as she waited she seemed to spot some stray feathers which she quickly put back into place.
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