05-25-2018, 01:43 PM
The weight of the crown bore heavily upon her, but not as heavily as her mother's guilt. The two were rather correlated actually; whenever she found herself leading a kingdom, her sense of having failed her children redoubles. The duties of leadership often called her away from the quaintness of family life, causing her to miss precious moments.
Of Philomena's precious moments, she had missed nearly all - but she had given her an opportunity that few foals in Beqanna ever got. It had to make up for it - and they had had her first year together. Walking the beaches, finding the rarest flowers, discussing her hopes and dreams as mothers are wont to with their daughters. They did have that - and maybe, that would be enough.
She found her daughter drifting amidst a sea of spring flowers, radiant even among the beauty of the flora. Feeling her heart surge with love at the sight of her now-adult child, she shoved aside her thoughts of kingdomship, wading through the flowers until she was close enough to take the appaloosa in a gentle embrace.
"Hello, Mina. I've missed you." She spoke the words into the girl's silver-black mane, noting how thickly she smelt of Tephra's ash. Her year in that kingdom was up, and for half a moment, Scorch's mind races to everything they could do together in Nerine - but she stops the train of thought harshly, pulling back from her daughter to look at her impassively. She expected the worst - but hoped for the best.
@[Philomena]
Of Philomena's precious moments, she had missed nearly all - but she had given her an opportunity that few foals in Beqanna ever got. It had to make up for it - and they had had her first year together. Walking the beaches, finding the rarest flowers, discussing her hopes and dreams as mothers are wont to with their daughters. They did have that - and maybe, that would be enough.
She found her daughter drifting amidst a sea of spring flowers, radiant even among the beauty of the flora. Feeling her heart surge with love at the sight of her now-adult child, she shoved aside her thoughts of kingdomship, wading through the flowers until she was close enough to take the appaloosa in a gentle embrace.
"Hello, Mina. I've missed you." She spoke the words into the girl's silver-black mane, noting how thickly she smelt of Tephra's ash. Her year in that kingdom was up, and for half a moment, Scorch's mind races to everything they could do together in Nerine - but she stops the train of thought harshly, pulling back from her daughter to look at her impassively. She expected the worst - but hoped for the best.
@[Philomena]
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