Gazing around with curiosity at their surroundings as they began to morph into something other than just forest she tried to recall if she had ever been here before. Trees, trees and more trees that turned into open grasses with the occasional tree, hmmm that was a hard one. Practically everywhere had something similar she had no clue where the hell they were. For being a wild species she really drew the short end of the stick being given life without having any real sense of direction. If they were heading north she would likely think they were going south. Certain things stood out in her mind but they tended to all jumble into a big uncertainty when she needed to recall directions to get somewhere. The leopard stallion leading her on the other hand seemed to have a much better sense of direction and for this she was thankful.

As he spoke again a small smile played at her lips on the topic of company having pros and cons. While she desired to have companionship she could imagine the other side of it when you had too much company. If that were to happen one could easily get annoyed by not being able to get alone time to clear their head. She could imagine it being like the buzzards that followed you around on certain occasions hoping you would have something to give them. No matter how angry you became they seemed to linger with their beady little eyes following your every movement. The only choice you had was to wait them out and eventually they would move on to other things that were more promising. The whole political aspect that seemed to be Mauja's reason to escape company really made no sense to her but she just went along with it enjoying the sound of his voice as he spoke.

Her foot was aching with all this walking but she grit her teeth to put up with it as she did not want to be the reason they ended up stopping. She did not want to be that frail mare who couldn't deal with a little pain and discomfort, she was stronger than that or at least she was determined to be. "Why are you alone?" The dreaded looming question finally came to the surface forcing her to look back again. No one had ever really asked her why she was alone, no one had ever cared. Could she open up about this? Was she capable of doing it? Mauja had been kind enough to indulge her curiosity with answers of his own life I guess he deserved the same from her she reasoned silently.

"I've been alone since I was young, you see my..my family they were killed when I was only a couple months old." She replied quietly looking down to the ground as she spoke. "Somehow I ..managed to get away but some days I wish that I hadn't... for what happened in the following years was nothing but a nightmare..." Trailing off into a few moments of silence she didn't know what else to say. Now that he knew the truth of her past would be abandon her like everyone else? Did she make the wrong choice in revealing this piece of her past that she had not shared with anyone else?



TAGS: @[Mauja]
MUSE: Good
NOTES: :)