09-19-2017, 07:06 PM
the incense that sun on prairie offers to sky
Spark concentrated on matching the rhythm of her breathing to the beat of her heart and that seemed to quell the fire inside her for the time being. But in the midst of this, she fails to hear him coming. His step is blanketed by the deepening piles of ash on the ground that she stands in and all of a sudden, there is the sound of a hello and her name being questioned. She blinks, confused for a moment because she almost mistook him for her brother but this stallion is taller, thicker, more like Offspring than either Spear or she could ever be. Spark can appreciate a good piece of horseflesh when she sees it and he was spectacular to look at, she admitted that much with the smallest of smiles finding her lips.
He seems a little reserved though she almost mistook it for shyness except that seemed too much at odds with the rest of him. Levi did not strike her as the shy type but there was something sweetly awkward about the way his mouth wanted to smile but couldn’t really and it made Spark take a step closer to him, lifting her nose out to just brush against his the way a sister might do to a brother, almost encouraging him. Spark almost wanted to say that she wouldn’t bite him if he smiled, but she kept her mouth shut for the moment. Gave maybe another small laugh as she addressed his pleasant concern with a shake of her black-bonneted head. “Oh no, it was no dream at all I was having. I was… thinking.” and she knew that sounded lame but she had no better explanation for what she had been doing.
However, his stature did not evoke much else from her even if he was in as much of his prime as she was. Instinct recognized the relation between them the moment her mismatched eyes caught sight of his and she knew him to be one of Offspring’s great brood. She had the same set of eyes - the left as black as night and the right as red as blood. It made her smile strengthen and set in permanence on her lips as she finally answered him back, “Yes I am Spark and hello to you too.” He takes a step closer to her, scrutinizes her and she finds that she has to lift her head a little higher just to keep her gaze level with his.
She is certain that she has seen him about. Might even remember their father mentioning something about a son that had gotten into some trouble, stirred some things up then came to seek refuge under his father’s protection but she’s not sure if this is him - so many of Offspring’s children have trampled these shores, coming and going, and she’s never kept track of them, not much. She’s always had Spear at her side and needed little else. “Levi,” she repeats back to him in a murmur. That name did sound familiar to her but she couldn’t place the where or the why of it. Supposed that in the end, it did not matter - he was here in front of her now.
He seems a little reserved though she almost mistook it for shyness except that seemed too much at odds with the rest of him. Levi did not strike her as the shy type but there was something sweetly awkward about the way his mouth wanted to smile but couldn’t really and it made Spark take a step closer to him, lifting her nose out to just brush against his the way a sister might do to a brother, almost encouraging him. Spark almost wanted to say that she wouldn’t bite him if he smiled, but she kept her mouth shut for the moment. Gave maybe another small laugh as she addressed his pleasant concern with a shake of her black-bonneted head. “Oh no, it was no dream at all I was having. I was… thinking.” and she knew that sounded lame but she had no better explanation for what she had been doing.
Spark