Relieve my elegant mind,

‘Auntie!’ What a beautiful sound that was. Charismatic and charming coming from her niece as it instantly grew a giant smile upon the dappled doe’s lips. Maude crashed into her and Aelfwine did all she could to stifle the small giggle that lodged itself into her throat before she nuzzled the ivory princess, her embrace ever so earnest. Her ears tipped toward the filly as she said she hadn’t waited long and a small amount of relief swelled through Aelfwine. The smile the child gave her was brilliantly addicting, a mesh and mirror of the two that had created her.

“Good.” She remarked, quietly, thankful that she hadn’t waited long for her aunt to show her monochromatic face. She pulled back away from her niece, surveying her with brilliant emerald jewels as the filly danced in place, mere seconds before the turned and made it into an easier spot for Aelfwine to work. The dappled woman turned away from the filly slightly toward the giant slick stone that held all their items before picking up the little sticks she had brought in the form of a little comb. She gripped them gently in her lips, turning her body back toward Maude, lowering her head over the tiny filly’s neck as she blurted a “yes” and “please”. Aelfwine chuckled slightly, lowering her head to pull the little twigs through her tiny mane. It wasn’t very knotted, she was sure that Arah had taught the child the importance of a beautiful brilliant appearance.

It didn’t take very long to brush out the little bit of mane that the child had. When she finished, she turned her attention to the beautiful ivory flowers the child had brought. And for a moment, she sat back and looked upon the child’s neck, wondering where the best location for the flowers might be. “You’re going to look simply marvelous, Maudie.” She admitted with a beaming smile, reaching over and picking up one of the white flowers by the small stem in her lips, placing it along the center of her neck and along her spine. She did her best using her lips to move the stem in a way that would keep it in place. At this point, she imagined the flowers to look like little white braids, intertwined with the baby’s breath she had brought. But it would definitely take some work to get it to situate correctly. It was a good thing Aelfwine had nothing else planned for the rest of the day aside from spending it with her family.

A few tries later, and she had managed to get all the camellias in her mane, intertwined just enough to keep them from falling out, but loose enough to make sure the child could still turn her head. She sat back, surveyed her work with just having the camellias in without the baby’s breath, and the smile along her lips seemed to glow. “We’re almost done, sweetheart.” She beamed to Maude, shifting her weight on cloven hooves to grab a tiny piece of the flora that she had brought.

"Talk."

come on, come on —

let the warmth close your eyes.

aelfwine