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05-06-2013, 12:33 PM
Dark eyes were attentive to every little shift and stir in the stranger's body. Quiet approval coiled tight as she observed the wary tension that was so nearly revealed in a movement greater than the tensing of muscles. Amusement fluttered as the other mare recovered insomuch as to gaze boldly back, even smile.
White-edged ears twitched as she listened to the reasons offered for the trespass. "Interesting." The grulla murmured. "Interesting, that you come here seeking refuge for yourself and your child, yet ignore the laws of basic courtesy." A brow arched. "Our border lays at the very edge of the forest, and we do not take kindly to those who ignore them, for whatever reason." Unspoken was the fact that some even then had the right to venture right into the herdland, but those possessing those rights were known and trusted allies.
Quietly, deliberately, the grulla began to pace around the clearing, gaze ever turned inward, watchful. "Interesting that an outcast should carry a child and not seek the sire's protection, or that of his herd." A wry tone, a whisper of knowing. Where was the father? Surely not within the Edge, or this stranger would have mentioned as much. Some fragment of understanding would have been imparted then, had that been the reason.
A low warble vibrated in the air, origin indistinguishable in the density of the trees and the mist. Until a winged figure swept out of the tree cover, small and lean in build. It darted over the pegasus, keen on the grulla who still paced the clearing's circumference. Only when it came to perch upon the grulla's mare haunches was it easy to tell what it was. A dragon colored in both extremes of dark and light tones of blue, expansive wings flipping closed as it balanced expertly on the mare's swaying back. Jade eyes turned inquisitively toward the gravid mare as the dragon settled down to lie draped across his bonded's haunches.
A warm glance was spared toward the lithe draconic form that sprawled over her back, before those dark eyes returned to the pegasus. "What is your name?" She stopped as her circling brought her back before the stranger. "Do you have any previous alliances to groups within Helovia?"
White-edged ears twitched as she listened to the reasons offered for the trespass. "Interesting." The grulla murmured. "Interesting, that you come here seeking refuge for yourself and your child, yet ignore the laws of basic courtesy." A brow arched. "Our border lays at the very edge of the forest, and we do not take kindly to those who ignore them, for whatever reason." Unspoken was the fact that some even then had the right to venture right into the herdland, but those possessing those rights were known and trusted allies.
Quietly, deliberately, the grulla began to pace around the clearing, gaze ever turned inward, watchful. "Interesting that an outcast should carry a child and not seek the sire's protection, or that of his herd." A wry tone, a whisper of knowing. Where was the father? Surely not within the Edge, or this stranger would have mentioned as much. Some fragment of understanding would have been imparted then, had that been the reason.
A low warble vibrated in the air, origin indistinguishable in the density of the trees and the mist. Until a winged figure swept out of the tree cover, small and lean in build. It darted over the pegasus, keen on the grulla who still paced the clearing's circumference. Only when it came to perch upon the grulla's mare haunches was it easy to tell what it was. A dragon colored in both extremes of dark and light tones of blue, expansive wings flipping closed as it balanced expertly on the mare's swaying back. Jade eyes turned inquisitively toward the gravid mare as the dragon settled down to lie draped across his bonded's haunches.
A warm glance was spared toward the lithe draconic form that sprawled over her back, before those dark eyes returned to the pegasus. "What is your name?" She stopped as her circling brought her back before the stranger. "Do you have any previous alliances to groups within Helovia?"
