the firestarters always get the burns
and the good guys never get the girl
The white mare nods to Litotes’ short description of Loess. Well, it’s partly, or wholly true - just not all of the truth. Perhaps Solace and Kagerus had done it on purpose, to let the stallion go to their neighbouring kingdom with an open mind. So, Ilma smiles. ”I’ve had some personal experiences with some Loessians in the past. I’m as wary of them as they of us, but that shan’t keep us from trying to be good neighbours from now on.” Perhaps she sounds a little stern, or rather, very determined to do this the right way. Whatever Lie may make of it, or not at all, she won’t mind right now. There is a chance that Loess is now abandoned or has been taken over by others, at any rate.
A striped stallion answers her call from the sky, and as he lands and introduces himself, the sunlit-winged white mare nods to him, the middle of a greeting and a bow, knowing him to be the king or, former king, even if he did not specify the latter to his new visitors.
She gives the golden palomino a smile, though. He is easy to converse with, the mare thinks. Something about the way he looks upon the world perhaps gives him the wisdom with which his eyes now seem to shine. ”Neither is Hyaline the safest place in the world any more, sadly. We’ve also partly moved, which is why we’re here to re-establish our relations.” she looks to Litotes, then back to Bane, emphasizing that since he is already sick, not much more harm can be done to either of the two visitors. ”I’m Ilma, ambassador of the Silver Cove now, and this is Litotes, one of the two new Primarchs currently leading Hyaline. It’s a pleasure to finally meet with you in person, king Wolfbane, although if you feel like we should be talking in the Pampas, I’m sure we could walk a little further.” She has no idea how many people still live in Loess and if perhaps Wolfbane doesn’t want to be exposed to the plague this long. He doesn’t look sick to Ilma, but neither does she (and she doesn’t know if she carries or simply got lucky and did not catch the illness yet). The mare however, obviously chose to still travel with Lie and go to an ‘unsafe’ land; they had not exactly given the striped leader of Loess the choice, and so she wishes to rectify the latter.
@[litotes] @[Wolfbane]