How she comes across the stallion and his companion is rather terrible. Rathunax is sweeping across the snow like a crimson predatory bird, and when his eyes zone in on a kit of white, Nayati nearly screams. There is a name to that creature, she knows it by the way its eyes glow, by the magic of a bond that clings to it, by the name calling across the snow and the way ears flicked at the sound, recognizing it. She calls him back just before he dives, instead he spirals and lifts back up into the sky with a sharp jerk of his wings. Her heart is beating furiously, nearly painful as it ricochets across her ribs. The vix will never know, her dracon is too high above the powder for his attempt at a dive to be spotted. But it scares her all the same, and she is shaken as she walks, calling him to her quickly for his support. It terrifies her, to imagine her companion attacking another, to harm a valued soul, one she knew the importance of.

So instead she seeks the stallion who calls forth into the snow. He doesn't need to know. Nobody does but her and Rathunax. But maybe if she can gaze upon him and his companion, she can feel safe in the knowledge that she'd been focusing on Rathunax instead of herself. That she'd stopped his attack in time. The vixen would not have died, surely, but injury alone was enough to send her into a downward spiral of tears. She resists. Instead she goes across the snow, nearly floating, flowers scarce and bright like colored blood drops among the powder. Her tail was dragging among the snow, baubles tinkling gently among the tresses of her mane.

He isn't hard to spot in the Grove. Against the pale backdrop he is a form of ebony and crimson, tall and brilliant against such a pallid landscape. She moves closer and raises her voice softly as she approaches, bringing a hesitant smile to her face, still shaken from pulling so hard and so fast on Rathunax in her fear. "Hello sir, may I accompany you today?" She ventures closer still, tempted by the promise of company, of stability. Ruby eyes gaze at him curiously and she flicks an ear self-consciously as she comes to stand, dwarfed, before his taller form. "I'm Nayati, and this is my companion, Rathunax." A soft 'ryuu' of sound comes from his lips in response, an affirmation of the title she had spoken, reptilian head peeking from between her ears to gaze upon the pair curiously.

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Ugh, so late and crappy, I'm so sorry
@[Voodoo]