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He sighed; an exhaust of smoke and ash that scattered at his feet. She continued to dwell in her obscurity, wanting so much to see peace that she stared into a distant fantasy. Perhaps she thought the magic would bring clarity, but the God of the Sun only saw in her the gaze of one destined to fall blind.
He had hoped that the quest he'd laid out before her would clear her mind and open her eyes. He had hoped that she would have learned something, anything! Yet she returned with all the confidence of the world. Her own world of pretend he thought with annoyance. In this moment he had half a mind to refuse her. The thought was only aided by her cruel comment that he would help her achieve her demented goal. He wanted no part of himself besmirched by her fool's errand.
He dipped into her mind, curious as to just what exactly she did learn. Like a lightly burning candle flame her weaved through her memories, but was not impressed by what he found, which should not have been surprising. No wonder his sister had a preference for this mare, she was easy to mold and trick.
He sighed once more. The sound was harsher, more exasperated. He didn't have the time or the patience for this, but if she would not learn at his request, then she would learn through her own failure. "It has not bought out the best in all of us," he warned, his voice thick with threat, like a dry and windy day that promised a raging fire soon to come.
The God of the Sun moved to turn away, his tail a paintbrush of flames as he did - one which stroked a new picture upon her. In a painless, though intensely bright and warm embrace, his fire cocooned her body, settling into it with a slow fade that that never seemed to quite vanish, not yet at least. Until the rise of the sun tomorrow Kahlua would retain a faint glow - a clear reminder to his sister that he had touched her queen.
"You would do well to see beyond what lies just before you, including this place." he offered as a warning just before he disintegrated into one of the nearby sunbeams, his voice floating towards her even after his physical appearance had dissipated. Racism was not all that plagued this land.
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any fool can know. the point is to understand.
