Tiberios
It’s a sound he hasn’t heard in a long time. Light, as if nothing could weigh it down. Not even the immense suffering he’d dealt to her. He was surprised she could even bring herself to talk to him. He doesn’t betray his true self to her, she deserved more than that, so when he turns to face her the broken smile relays exactly how much he’s missed her. She would always be the water to his fire - the calm to his rage. It hurts him when he catches a glimpse of the silvery exoskeleton, (almost invisible, were it not for the glint of the midday sun) that she would be afraid of him. He could never hurt her. She was the mother of his child - his only child, and she was more precious to him than she could ever know.
Her greeting issues a rumble of appreciative laughter from his gut. She’d grown well, as he had. They were older together. Wiser. But he cannot escape the edge to her voice. It reminds him of how he failed her, time and time again. Tiberios had never deserved her love. “Just a little worse for wear. The usual.” He steps free of his dead circle, extending his nose to her gently so that she could accept the gesture if she so wished. He wouldn’t blame her if she refused. “I heard a rumor some time ago that you were now a queen. Would I be correct?”
The Falls could do no better. Shatter had remained steadfast in her duty since the day she’d set foot on that neutral soil. She’d been the rally cry when all others had given up hope. A beacon of light in the darkness. Tiberios was more than proud of her. “I’ve missed you.” he says finally, because it’s true. He wonders if she’s moved on - taken another lover, given life to more beautiful children.
TIBERIOS
White Fire manipulating stallion