[SO MUCH IS HAPPENING IN THIS THREAD, I love it :D]

The excited feathers behind Iskra's ears immediately slicked back flat against his neck, and his ears swiveled to the side, while his head lowered alongside his voice. "Sorry," he whispered loudly, recognizing he'd startled the creature and caused an unhappy squeak. Fortunately Esinakh didn't anger, though she was surprisingly quiet, bewildered even. Iskra stared expectantly at her, an apology still on his features.

As she spoke however he brightened up, nodding his head at her answers. The way she talked reminded him of someone, but he was too busy gushing over the fresh companion to be bothered with thinking about it. Amid all of this more and more horses joined them. With each added presence, Iskra seemed to brighten, glowing like megawatt bulb as his smile and greeting beamed out to each of them. They were distracting to him though, and unintentionally he failed to answer her questions directed to him, his head instead whipping every which way as each arrival came.

"Hey Clem!" Iskra cheerfully called out, stepping a bit aside to let her have a good view of the creature as she sidled up. Melita wasn't too far behind her, and Iskra's neck bowed as he looked over his shoulder, grinning as she shouted his name and raced towards them. "Melita!" he whooped happily, though... she wasn't slowing down. Oh man, she wasn't slowing down!

His eyes widened as the feathers along his body lifted somewhat as energy raced through him. "Look out!" he shouted, wings raising as if to catch her like a baseball in a mitt, stepping forward a bit, intending to use his body to shield the fresh hatchling from her vigorous arrival. "Careful Mel," he breathed, "Esi's companion just hatched!"

Although all of this was probably becoming overwhelming for the newborn creature and the quiet filly, Iskra was too absorbed with greeting everyone and reveling in their kinship, especially when his big bro came! "Z!" Iskra hollered when he noticed his brother, and giggled as the older sibling ruffled his hair and affectionately leaned on him - even if he was heavy. A playfully complaintive "heeeeeeey!" wailed out of Iskra when Zero suggested they put him in place. "You're the one that needs that! Squishy sick 'im!" Iskra returned fire happily, though the golem behind Iskra didn't quite seem to understand the issued command and merely shuffled closer towards the pair, getting creepily close to Zero but just, looming.

Struggling beneath the growing weight of Zekle's head, Iskra tried to squirm free, though excitedly demanded, "Tell us Z!" to his brother's inquiries. "Do ya know what her companion is?" Iskra glanced back towards Isi and her lemur, smiling broadly at her, excited for her bond and the strange creature at her side.

Quietly Arakh came upon them, so Iskra didn't notice him at first until he was talking. The calf's arrival jogged Iskra's memory - he was who Esi was like! Even now Arakh talked short just like her, and with the two of them together they had some clear visual similarities. "Hi brother Arakh!" Iskra greeted the somewhat pouting colt. "Is she your sister!?" Iskra's attention swung back to her. "Then you'd be my sister too!" Lastly iskra's gaze turned back to the two baby fillies, ones he felt protective over since they were finally someone younger than him, plus he'd seen 'em born and that seemed like something special - kind of like this hatching. "You two are too, my sand sisters!" No matter what the Throat was family, his mom had taught him that, but his dad was in Arakh and Esi, and that was cool too.

Iskra

Not looking for somebody
With some superhuman gifts
Just something I can turn to
Somebody I can miss