the firestarters always get the burns
and the good guys never get the girl
She’s not disappointed; two nearby residents respond, one she’s only seen in passing, and a foal she hasn’t seen before but he vaguely smells of her Lippizan friend and perhaps Kagerus, though with the latter that should not be a surprise since that mare is almost always everywhere, it seems.
The boy is a proud one, prancing and chest puffing like the big adult he already wants to become. She smiles kindly to him, and her gaze is tracing down the slope to where she’s last seen her own son today. Surely they should meet sometime soon, and she thinks perhaps he should be playing with Solace’s twins as well instead of on his own. But he seems to be content on his own, perhaps something akin to his biological father’s nature, and unlike the white pegasus mare herself who’d rather surround herself with a proper herd - even one of the old ways would do, if the leading stallion would be bold enough.
She finds her mind wandering to a dangerous place, one she has carefully tucked away somewhere deep inside her heart and mind. The golden-clouded stallion seems to pop out sometimes in the most inconvenient ways, but today she has other matters at hand. Hoof.
”Yes, I called you,” she laughs, and looks at the black mare who approaches a little more hesitantly than the colt. ”I am Ilma. I have been Hyaline’s ambassador for a while, but due to personal matters I haven’t gotten much time to get to know you all. I thought introductions would be well in place, so I’d want to welcome you to Hyaline once again. If there’s any questions or places you want to see, just let me know. And if any of you likes to, I am planning a visit to our allies soon, so perhaps one or some of you like to tag along,” she offers.
@[Kanamae]
@[Briseis]
Others still welcome to join, but moving this forward now so as to not make this stetch for ages xP