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06-03-2013, 05:56 AM
Africa
Relief was an understatement; Africa was overjoyed to witness her companion return from the brink of almost certain death. She could easily have misunderstood his masculine strength and ability to ward off the hungry tug of raging water, having never had much to do with the opposite gender in the past. She was relatively innocent in that respect and naturally presumed he would be as vulnerable and pathetic, survival-wise, as she. He slunk back up the bank quietly, artfully; and the delighted young mare rushed to nuzzle his saturated shoulder- though its soaking was courtesy of the rain, rather than the hock deep river-rapid. She was wet too, and bitterly cold, but that didn’t matter as she dutifully tended to her friend’s comfort. All the while, Africa remained blissfully unaware that her carefree innocence grated on the nerves of mostly all of those who she came into contact with. The darked dappled stallion moved forward, and she remained patiently in place despite a growing urge to follow and fuss. He didn’t drift far at first, and she watched with a thoughtfully tilted cranium as he seemed to survey the area around them for something- or someone. "There is a way to get out of the weather over there." He stated blandly, and because it was the greatest amount of anything uttered by him since their meeting she bounced forward to press her fluttering nostrils against where she presumed his shoulder would be. At the same time, he signalled towards a tree not far from them and continued with his rather sick, stomach-turning voice- "and if you wish to keep the conversation favouring you speaking more, myself speaking less, I shall accept a small conversation with a walk." “Oh yay!” She beamed, dancing briskly ahead of him in the direction of his preferred shelter, and calling over her shoulder cheerfully through the grim rain, “so what’s your name?” Although he was a little unorthodox in his sinister, unsociable way, Africa quite like his uniqueness- it was interesting, and her fascination was rather like that of a intrigued little girl, following the shady stranger down the road. |
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