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08-18-2016, 09:28 AM
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| Sohalia had always had a strained relationship with Ampere. Despite the fact that she deeply respected and even liked the blue, there had always been this unspoken competition between them. Though through some miracle, the women had never needed to ask their mutual lover to choose between them, there was no doubt that they had each laid their claim on him. The Transcended was often able to shove this fact to the back of her mind, locking it away and refusing to dwell on it; but each time it surfaced, it burned like freshly downed whiskey in her throat. Still, she had once considered Ampere to be a friend. Oh, sure, their initial meeting in the oasis had been frosty at best; but later... later they had come dangerously close to confiding in one another. There had come to be no hatred between them, though jealousy could easily have soured the blossoming bond. But then, as though taking turns, one and then the other had disappeared from Helovia, and they had never had a chance to find out where they really stood with one another. And so when Ampere appeared in the waters of the oasis, present in the Dragon's Throat at the same time as Sohalia, it was understandably quite the surprise. "Ampere," she said, a certain bewildered lilt in her voice, her brows rising in an obviously display of shock. Then, suddenly, almost as surprising as the appearance of the Pegasus, a bright smile appeared upon the dove's face. Whatever they might have shared of their Sultan, whatever hidden jealousies they held against each other - Sohalia was pleased to see her "And you as well, Mother of Companions." The sincerity in Ampere's tone was matched stride for stride by Sohalia. Even if it meant that Gaucho had one more mare's wings to run into, even if it meant that she would lose him forever - well, she had already thought that she had lost him to Ampere, hadn't she? Though she hadn't any proof that it was Ampere who had mothered those other children of whom Ivezho had spoken, she suspected. In her heart, she knew. And oddly, she had found peace with that idea. Ampere, it seemed, had been able to make Gaucho happy, and Sohalia would gladly walk away if it meant that he could find joy - even if it wasn't with her. Just... not if it was some random The mare instructed Astraeus to keep an eye on Vinati so that she might focus more completely on Ampere. Her ears pricked forward and her head turned to meet the blue's gaze. Not for the first time, Sohalia felt like a frumpy, disheveled soccer mom next to Ampere's sleek fighter's build. You know the type - that mother that always forgets to bake cookies for the PTA bake sale because her oldest has a science fair project due tomorrow, and the twins (gods, when did they get to be six?) have rolled around in who-knows-what in the backyard, and the baby on her hip is screaming because it's past her naptime, and honestly, who has time for baking, anyway? "How are you?" she asked softly, for no matter how much she had going on in her own mind, she would always make time for those around her, and something about the quiet way that Ampere had approached made Sohalia feel as though she needed a kind ear. "Talk talk talk." |
| Sohalia Don't wanna leave this life knowing I barely tried... |
@Ampere - thank you! :D Yours as well!
