Alysanne

It took her a lot longer to get going lately than usual and that did not help with her nerves - this wasn’t just a social call she was being beckoned with, there was going to be a meeting. She had been a poor excuse for a Moon Doctor lately, more focused on soothing the others around her than her duties, and showing up late for a meeting certainly was not something that she wanted to add to the list.

Hemlock perched in his usual spot between her ears, the black and white pegasus got herself moving and was lucky enough to get there in the nick of time. Instead of going front-and-center as per usual (all the better to admire her friends and grin encouragingly whenever she could) she moved to stand beside Brisa - greeting her warmly.

Some of the news she had heard - Arty had mentioned that Archibald had become king - but she was happy to hear that Kaj and Kahlua were still there as well. The rest… the news about the Moon Goddess was distressing. How could they stay here, how could they still call her home their home knowing what she had done? Besides, the idea of the Moon Goddess so close made Alysanne nervous - the unfinished quest forever dancing in the back of her mind. She was failing at what had been asked of her, failing to do the things that beautiful and dark mare wanted. But how could she? Looking at the group of gathered horses with her, her friends and family, she couldn’t even imagine a situation where she might hurt one of them.

Except for Miykael, but she was doing her best to avoid that hurt now, wasn’t she? The heavy weight around her sides was a testament to how far she was willing to go to avoid hurting her friend.

But there was good news as well! She whickered softly under her breath at the mention of Brisa’s promotion, leaning over to nudge her friend in congratulations. “You’re going to do an amazing job, my dear!” She managed to whisper without interrupting the meeting and then her attention returned to their leaders. Brisa wasn’t the only promotion - another Captain had been named and Resplendence! Oh it was wonderful news! The dun would be thrilled and Alysanne was feeling the same way on her behalf.

She made a note to volunteer to help Resplendence in any way she could, maybe lead a small group of lessons herself so that - if a large group were interested in learning some healing herbs - her friend wouldn’t be too overwhelmed. They could split up the herbs and maybe make it a bit easier to learn and teach!

But those were things they could talk about on their own, not in front of the entire group, and for now Alysanne found herself with nothing else to say.