curiouser and curiouser (OPEN)

[Warlight]

Warlight hadn't really noticed the tension which had held him, but as it seems to melt away she does notice a change - and she likes it. He bumps his shoulder into hers, and she smiles a little wider before rushing ahead to catch up, her stride springy from held-back of energy.

"Yeah, I was born here," she tells him, as they trot side-by-side towards the formidable mountains. The coffee colored girl places an exaggerated emphasis on here to let him know she really meant here, in Hyaline. But right now she would much rather talk about him, and the place she has never been. 

"Boring, I know," she adds with a flick of her short tail, ready to change the topic before he has time to agree.

"Was it hard to leave, when you had no idea what would be waiting for you?" She thinks of her own experiences with her dream traveling. There was always the thrill of not truly knowing where she would wake up - would she be greeted by monsters or friends, or anyone at all? But Will had never been gone for a day, and she wondered how long it would be before she was brave enough to step out from under the long shadow her powerful mothers cast. 

"I'm glad you did though, leave that is," she adds, just as she thinks that he must be very brave. 

Warlight
Soul as sweet as blood red jam