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09-14-2016, 12:44 PM
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| Sohalia's words were met with an uncharacteristically stoic silence on Ampere's part, at least in the ivory dove's experience. She was used to Ampere being everything that she was not: loud, explosive, reactive. But now they were almost the same, just two mares aching over hearts broken by their own selfish actions. The reasons behind their respective departures didn't matter - they never had, not to those that had been hurt by their absence. It only mattered that they were here now, longing to make amends for their transgressions. And that would make all the difference in the world, once time had healed the wounds that they had caused. "I do," she confirmed, her voice calm and encouraging. "They need you just as you need them, Ampere. You're their mother." Gods knew that she had needed her mother, even after the older mare's death when she was young. That was why her beloved Akako had meant so much to her, after all. Akako had been the mother that Sohalia had never gotten to have, and it was the unicorn mare's kindness that continued to drive her own personality even now, nine years later. "They are angry, of course - and you would be too, in their hooves. But in the end... they still love you, even if it's hidden beneath that hurt right now. But anger and hatred are not the same, no matter how often they are confused for one another." The blue's sentiments about the herd were echoed with an acknowledging sigh from the Transcended. What more was there to say on the topic? Just as Ampere would, Sohalia would willingly sacrifice herself if it meant saving even one of her herd-mates. But did they know that? And even if they knew her feelings about it, would the believe her when she hadn't given them a shred of proof? Ampere's self-loathing was well understood by her companion, and though the petite mare wished she could take that pain away, she knew that there was little that would heal the wound but time. But whatever she had expected of their conversation, it was not for Ampere to bring up Gaucho. Their fragile friendship depended on the fact that one of them was always absent while the other was present, that they could juggle the stallion between them without ever having to really think about it. But where Ampere knew Sohalia was the other woman (or was that Ampere?), the Transcended had only her suspicions. And Ampere bringing up their mutual love interest brought those suspicions uncomfortably close to the light. "Why?" she asked, her brows snapping together with concern as she reacted without thought, a subtle panic lacing her words. Had Gaucho said something to Ampere about their fight? Had he decided he wanted nothing more to do with her? Or had she distracted him into some horrific blunder in battle? Was he injured? Was it physical or mental? Had she hurt him so irrevocably that even Ampere knew about it? "What's wrong?" "Talk talk talk." |
| Sohalia Don't wanna leave this life knowing I barely tried... |
@Ampere
