Closing her bicoloured eyes for a couple moments she allowed the soothing warmth to chase away the cold emptiness the meeting had left her with. If everyone was going to be so uptight about her being here she would be damned if she was going to leave and let them all rest in peace. No she much preferred to sit in wait and let her presence irk those who cared the most until they could stand it no longer. What would their breaking points be? Oh how fun it will be to find out. Like a parasite she would hold on until the very end without showing weakness and see who would be first to fall at her feet. If she had to place bets it would be on the righteous jerk Deimos who seemed to have all too much to say to their new queen. Chuckling softly she reopened her eyes to the sound of hooves upon the frozen turf nearby.

Remaining silent in observation she found both a larger and smaller pair of hooves clipping across the snow. Would anyone even pay her a glance or spare her a word after a meeting obviously so fueled on hatred for those of us that were different? Not that she really cared one way or another she had already made up her mind about sticking around and not much could sway her decision. Surprise caught her as the feminine voice called out from a nearby pool a simple yet poisoned greeting. There was definitive tension and authority laced into the tone yet there was something else there too that she couldn't quite place. Anger perhaps? Not that it would surprise her with how everyone seemed to react at the meeting. Lifting her head from where it lay motionless on the stoney ledge she turned herself so that she could gaze upon the speaker.

Faint recognition sparked but try as she might she could not remember a name for the two unicorns she found. The blackened mare and the child had surely been at the meeting but among all the jibberish and slander she had failed to retain as many names as she would like. " Hello. My name is Rhea." She replied calmly undeterred by the mare's icy tinged tone. " Forgive me, but I don't recall your names from earlier."

Pausing for a moment or two she let the question hang debating whether or not this stranger had been one of those shooting her the stink eye throughout the meeting. From what she could recall it was mainly the pig headed stallions that seemed to have their bonnets in a bunch though there had been the odd glare from the feminine members that had shown. Giving up trying to remember such minute details from such a heated encounter she let her judgement lay neutral to see how the rest of this would play out.


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