11-11-2018, 06:42 PM
The roan mare is agreeable - as Ivar had known she would be - but the reaction of the iron stallion is worth far more of his attention, and he turns quickly away from @[Carwyn] as she accepts. He hardly hears the caveat, but he would be amused to know that she thinks sharing a bloodline with Brennen would be at all distasteful. If anything there would be an intense satisfaction in knowing that he'd taken one of Brennen's progeny
It is becoming something of a pattern with the kelpie, this luring away of the daughters of those men with whom he's argued.
Even as the sapphire creature turns to @[Kromium], he can feel something awry. It is different than the quaking of the earth or the rising of the seas, but he has no doubt it stems from the iron stallion. That alone is infuriating, but as the first dying fish strands itself on the shore, Ivar vows to himself that someday - however far in the future that might be - that he will see the metal horse dead and rusting on the sea floor.
Kromium commands @[Karat] the same way he had those years ago in the Taiga. He condemns Ivar's possession of the silver mare while ordering her around in the same breath. The metal stallion's emphasis on the choice and freedom of the mares brings an unexpected lightness to the kelpie's mouth, a smirk twisting the edges upward. Had Ivar not given them a choice? Stay or go?
Carwyn had chosen to stay, but Karat is so quick to flee at her brother's insistence. There is an unexpected pang of disappointment at the loss of the lilac haired mare, but whether it is for the pleasing shape of her hindquarters or her willingness to handle the politics (that he clearly has no aptitude for) Ivar does not bother to piece out.
Instead he watches her as she searches the skies for a third sibling. Neither of the twins on the beach appear to have wings, and Ivar wonders how they plan on returning to Tephra. Will they be swimming, he wonders? Perhaps his vow can be fulfilled sooner than he had dared hope.
"Be careful on your way back," He says, and it is clear from the glint in his eyes that he likely means the very opposite. "You never know what's lurking out there in the ocean."
He'd let Karat make it back to Tephra, he thinks as he begins to turn back to Carwyn, who appears far more willing to acquiesce to his demands. He'd let her make it back just to steal her away again, to remind her that what he claims he intends to keep.
It is becoming something of a pattern with the kelpie, this luring away of the daughters of those men with whom he's argued.
Even as the sapphire creature turns to @[Kromium], he can feel something awry. It is different than the quaking of the earth or the rising of the seas, but he has no doubt it stems from the iron stallion. That alone is infuriating, but as the first dying fish strands itself on the shore, Ivar vows to himself that someday - however far in the future that might be - that he will see the metal horse dead and rusting on the sea floor.
Kromium commands @[Karat] the same way he had those years ago in the Taiga. He condemns Ivar's possession of the silver mare while ordering her around in the same breath. The metal stallion's emphasis on the choice and freedom of the mares brings an unexpected lightness to the kelpie's mouth, a smirk twisting the edges upward. Had Ivar not given them a choice? Stay or go?
Carwyn had chosen to stay, but Karat is so quick to flee at her brother's insistence. There is an unexpected pang of disappointment at the loss of the lilac haired mare, but whether it is for the pleasing shape of her hindquarters or her willingness to handle the politics (that he clearly has no aptitude for) Ivar does not bother to piece out.
Instead he watches her as she searches the skies for a third sibling. Neither of the twins on the beach appear to have wings, and Ivar wonders how they plan on returning to Tephra. Will they be swimming, he wonders? Perhaps his vow can be fulfilled sooner than he had dared hope.
"Be careful on your way back," He says, and it is clear from the glint in his eyes that he likely means the very opposite. "You never know what's lurking out there in the ocean."
He'd let Karat make it back to Tephra, he thinks as he begins to turn back to Carwyn, who appears far more willing to acquiesce to his demands. He'd let her make it back just to steal her away again, to remind her that what he claims he intends to keep.