Kygo was the first one to notice all the commotion. Soaring ahead of her - he was always attempting to race her, though she rarely went for it - he spied the glinting metal and the horses around it. The shiny object and promise of interesting things rouse an excited trill from his small green breast, one which quickly disassembled into senseless chatter as he swung back and anxiously circled around her head. Having long given up on being able to chase him away, Ampere endured this ritual with back-facing ears and a frowning face. "Quiet," she chided, attempting to face the creature like the mother she was for her children, teaching it, guiding it, making it into something other than a nuisance. In many aspects he'd responded rather well, hungry for her attention, but at times like now, he seemed to blatantly disregard her because it was more fun that way.

Knowing the best solution to end this hell was to see what he was babbling about Ampere picked up her pace. She crested a sandy hill and found the commotion Kygo trumpeted about. Enthralled that she 'listened' to him, the bird took off ahead once more, likely to go and tell all the horses there that he'd found them and weren't they proud. Meanwhile Ampere continued on, trying to sort out what exactly was happening. Conversation sailed past in snippets, and seeing the metal and Cera, her gaze accosted him for answers, but not before sliding across each present individual. A nod for Nasreen, the hard working recruiter, and a shy smile and heart-in-her-throat glance for Mesec. They hadn't really seen each other since, that night, and she wasn't entirely sure what to make of him now. Especially with Gaucho her thoughts whispered, tortured by the indecisiveness of which stallion she preferred.

Did she really have to choose?

Not now, at least, so she didn't, and let her attention settle on Cera as she took on her role. "Is this Maren's infamous church?" Ampere asked, putting one and two together, if only because of all their rank meetings. Wordlessly she put herself to work, using the easily accessible electrical impulses in metal to find them beneath the sand with her magic and hoist them up with effort. "It's not all going to be metal is it?" she asked after rolling one batch of ore free.

[UHM timeline wise I'm putting this before the red alert thread, so if the twins do post here, maybe no companions??? (like they're off sleeping or idk) I'm not sure how else it could work ;-; Anyway tagged the twins just in case they wanted to post but don't have to]

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