Location: Hidden Falls
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She had been standing in an alcove hidden by the waterfall, not near the odd bird-creature that had been cooling off but not very far off either. Syrena had taken to finding secretive places where she could enjoy the cool water - somewhere out of the sun and somewhere where she could watch those around her. Slowly, painfully slowly, she was beginning to learn about what it meant to be a horse with nothing extraordinary no that was silly, she was still extraordinary. Even as one of these lesser-beings.

There had been no intention of striking up a conversation with the bird-mare until she had noticed the wolf playing down in the pond. As the mare went closer to it, Syrena wondered if they had the same bond that Essetia had possessed with her wolf creature. Was this a common occurrence? The questions abounded until she could take no more - this new feeling called curiosity could be rather overwhelming.

Slowly she emerged, hooves made for traversing slippery rock traversing through the waterfall and out into the hot, open air with ease. This Tallsun heat was revolting and she rather hoped it would pass soon. Approaching the pool at the foot of the waterfall, Syrena’s once-grey body was streaked with reds and pinks and purples where the water left its mark. Preferring to stand in the water rather than near it, she entered the pond but did not fully approach the pair - letting her voice breach the gap instead. “Is it customary for all females to have such creatures?” Stormy-sea eyes were focused on the wolf-pup playing nearby and she recalled the odd way the wolf had followed Essetia around. Did it show rank? Were they that ill-equipped at protecting themselves that they needed the constant presence of a known predator? There was an innocent ignorance to her question - she honestly wanted to know. “Is it for protection?” This wolf was not nearly as impressive as the one that had followed Essetia around but perhaps it was merely an age. Wolves were not a predator that she had previously had to worry about - they were just as easy to drown as any other creature.

The idea of having to rely on something else for her own protection sickened her but, then, was that not why she lingered here in the Falls after knowing her powers were gone? She could not defend herself while travelling any longer and the primitive herd-style of the horse would suit her for the time being. Certainly, her survival until a solution could be found was the utmost priority. Perhaps obtaining a wolf creature of her own would enable her to be more mobile within the confines of Helovia until she resolved what to do next - she would not allow this land to defeat her and would stay here until she conquered it as she had others, whatever it took from her in the process.

It would only be when the bird-mare responded to her that Syrena’s eyes would change to her, the heat of the sun already causing the water to evaporate from her coat.

@Ghost (removed tag to edit & fix a mistake)

Syrena

let the water take me