Should she have mentioned it at all? Even as the words left her mouth she was uncertain as to what resolution she was hoping for. Did she want comfort? Advice? Slowly she realized that if Sohalia and Levi were in the same herd...perhaps the mare's alliences would be stronger to her herd-mate, than to a tentative friend? Would Sohalia tell Levi of her transgressions? And then what? Levi would be...well. Actually, what would he be? There was still so much unresolved between the two - his behavior in the fields with Pluto, and then again in the Throat. His behaviour had become more and more erratic around her, to the point where he was so anxious to impress her, that he actually ended up wounding her with his magic. And for what? Did he not see her for what she truly was? He had hinted at wanting to speak with her, and it would not be the first time a stallion had prefaced a moonlight conversation with her that way. Did he love her? Was that it? Phae thought it likely - but evenmoreso, she thought he simply believed he loved her. He didn't even know her at all. You don't know Tolio at all.. a small voice in the back of her mind reminded her. And that was true as well. Could Levi love her the instantaneous way she had loved the cinnamon stallion?

What a mess.

Phae listened as Sohalia stuttered through a clearly-surprised congratulation. Were congratulations in order? She wasn't so sure. "..who the father is?" She heard Sohalia ask. At this, she couldn't help the smile that parted her lips. Tolio...my love. Only, after that night, she found that she was no longer in love with him; though she did love him completely. It was as if the physicality of their night together in the Grove drained all lust from their bodies, leaving only an airy adoration, and unbreakable bond. "His name is Tolio, a stallion of the Basin. He is...well, gay." She admitted, a small laugh escaping her. It really did sound amusing out loud. "He was my bestfriend and then...then we got into an argument. A fight, really, after Leander injured me. It was all because of a mare called Faelene. We didn't see each other for weeks and then when we did..." She paused, exhaling as she remembered. How they had fought. There was a time during those harsh exchanges that Phae thought they were over and done with for good. "But...then something changed between us. Blossomed, and..." She shrugged helplessly, unable to vocalize it. They had gone from screaming at each other to embracing and then finally....

Again her gaze met Sohalia's with confusion and uncertainty. She had never wanted a foal...this was not...not her, not the life she wanted. But she would not regret the night spent with Tolio. It had changed something deep within her; shown her the truest form of herself, and allowed her to share that with him. And only him...