For a moment, Sacre thought he was hallucinating… Was that a dolphin? No, it can’t be, can it? Dolphins belonged in the ocean, right? He blinked several times, shaking his head, trying to dislodge the picture before him to confirm it as a weird dream. Yet, he seemed to remember, back in the Dragons Throat, was it Laedere? She also had a creature similar to this, sea creature who could live outside of the ocean. Even Inari and Ríona had noticed the strange creature and watched it, from the safety of the dip of the fox-boy’s back, come towards them. With it was a unicorn, a blue one, with parts of the ocean in her hair and she didn’t appear to have noticed them. Sacre, now completely baffled, removed himself from the tree he had been scratching himself on and walked cautiously forwards towards the oceanic duo. His lips parted, sucking in the cold air, even now he wasn’t sure what to say “uhm he-” alarmed, his greeting cut short, the mare came tumbling forwards. Instinctively, Sacre reached down with his head as if he could catch her, but it was too late, as she sprawled on the floor and the fox-boy had to stifle a laugh. With his head still lower, he cocked it to one side, an amused half smile filling his face “are you okay?” he asked.

“You missed me” he finally laughed, winking at her as he raised his head whilst two overly curious foxy gazes leaned out from his back, peering at what was happening in front of them. As she begins to stand again, Sacre stepped back to give her some room and look at her properly for the first time. He hadn’t seen her before, or if he had, he had completely forgotten. Which he thought unlikely, given that she was practically blue in appearance and it stretched all the way down her leonine tail, only her horn was starkly ivory in colour. She apologised again and Sacre shook his head, smiling as he did, “it’s okay, I hope you didn’t hurt yourself” as he brushed off her apology he looked, but couldn’t see any obvious signs of injury.

They were introduced as Tiamat and Nimue. Sacre, watching the dolphin hug her side, had a memory jog whilst seeing it up close. Ardere the companion of Laedere, whom he had not seen in many seasons. Yet, the two companions were similar, back then, Laedere had called him a gift from the Earth God, perhaps like his father’s hellhound and his own kitsune, they were similar in magical nature. He dipped his head in greeting as his two foxes dropped down from his back and into the snow, creeping towards the girl in curiosity.

"Ah, I'm Sacre and this is Inari" he nodded to the red fox "and Ríona" finally, nodding to the dusty coloured kitsune. He paused a moment, wondering where the pair came from, their scent was faintly familiar. "Are you from somewhere near here?" he asked, trying to put a hoof on the scent he recognised, before he continued "your companion is beautiful, I have only ever seen one other like her" he gazed at the whale whilst Inari and Ríona crept ever closer, eyeing the two with sharp beady eyes.