fish for friends

[Sheika]

The fish told me...

She listened as Iris introduced her to the area while they walked. Some of the horses in the Playground and Meadow they passed sported wings, horns and bright colors, which greatly intrigued her. As they moved further along, the ground began to show cracks caused by drought, and small clouds of dust billowed up with each step they took. The black filly then declared that they had reached their destination. The sun had already been setting when they left the Field. While their journey had not taken too long, by now, it had dropped below the rocky outcrops that surrounded them, and the sky had become a cold shade of light blue and purple. Sheika marveled at the large, wide river. The crystalline water looked almost surreal in the dim light of dusk, so seemingly out of place in the otherwise dry area.

”Wonderful! Yes, yes, there must be interesting fish here.” She started to move towards the riverbank, scanning the watery surface eagerly with her pale eyes. ”So this is your home?” She cocked her head slightly, listening intently but hearing little but the rush of the water. Somehow the atmosphere seemed somewhat different from the places they had passed through before, but she was not sure in what way exactly. Was it...Less friendly? More stern, perhaps? Or maybe just a bit tired? ”It seems a bit different?”, she half-questions vaguely, gesturing with her head in some random direction and looking at Iris curiously. Of course, this was a pretty obvious statement in itself, seeing how the rocky canyons differed greatly from the lush Fields, yet this was not the difference she was referring to. Or was she just imagining things? The arrival of dusk could play tricks on more than just the eyes, after all.

Sheika

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@[Iris] Aaaaa I'm so sorry about this terribly late reply, things have calmed down a bit now so I'll try to be faster again from now on!!