Aryel didn't hesitate in returning his nuzzle, always happy to see her friend. The two of them had been close friends for some time now, and there was no horse she more relaxed and open around. They played. They sparred. They patrolled together. He had been the first to greet her in the Dragon's Throat. And when Levi had returned weak and delirious after pursuing Catallatio, she had helped him to the oasis.

She noticed the sweat on his coat and guessed he had been training or running hard. She knew he was entering the tourney, and wished him the best of luck. There was a thin sheen of sweat on her own coat, but not nearly as much as him. It was colder up in the air then down on the sands. "A bit worried about Frostfall coming up," she said in response to his question, "but otherwise fine." Their desert home normally produced enough food to support the herd, although the high heat of Tallsun probably did more damage than the colder season. Still, the sweat sort of gave him an athletic look, not that he wasn't fit already. Recently, she had begun to notice herself taking more interest in his appearance. It didn't make her like him any less. She had just begun to notice that he was a pretty attractive stallion.

She still wasn't sure how she felt about feeling that way.

She then turned her attention to Andromeda, who seemed to be a horse of few words. Not that it bothered her. She herself was probably the bolder and more rash of the three. It would be good to have someone who was more reasonable in their ranks. In response to her simple reply, she nodded. "Ah, good. No big predators, no Basin hornheads," here she shot a grin at Levi, "no striped buckskin idiots threatening to take over with his great big army of one." At least it seemed that Tio had dropped off the radar once and for all. They wouldn't be seeing any more trouble from him.

She did worry about their kidnapped brethren, though. Rumours frequently circulated through the herd, and she had heard several pertaining to the Basin. That Cassiopeia was safe at home again and her captor a prisoner himself, and, shockingly, that Kri had lost her battle to return Athena. She hoped that one wasn't true. Kri didn't lose fights...did she?

Walk walk walk walk.
"Talk talk talk talk."