She turned her head to follow him as he moved to stand in front of her. His coat was a solid, glossy black, mismatched wings an alabaster white with almost-luminescent feather tips. He was a couple hands higher, which had ceased to become a surprise to the compact 14hh mare.
She nodded her head in return as the male lowered his head to put their eyes on the same level, a gesture Aryel found polite. So his name was Murdock? She memorized it, finding the name easy to tie to the black horse. "Aryel." she said, giving her own name. She noticed his glance towards her necklace, but thought nothing of it. "Do you live around here?"
Vicer and Aryel's new threads never happened.