Solace
Solace knows they have arrived by the smell. If she had not of been warned that the mother was dead, panic would have gripped her now. But as it is, the smell of decay only dismays her on an instinctual level which is easily overridden by necessity.
The wolf halts, urging her to go on, and she obliges. She had come too far to turn back now. Even though the young mare is prepared to find death, the sight of the rotting corps frightens her. The child's mother is not far enough gone to simply be organic matter, but much too decayed to be ignored. The mass draws her eyes, leaving her speechless even though she knows the filly she has come to find is off to her left. This is what happened to Kaiode, had anyone even bothered to bury him?
She pushes such thoughts away, he was here with her now and apparently had been all along - what happened to his body could be forgotten now. With effort, she pulls her gaze away from the macrebe, to focus on the small life she has somehow found herself in charge of. Solace's cerulean eyes soften as the look over the child; much like Kaiode, the girl neems to be underfed but not injured. The fillies strong stance and fearless eyes give Solace hope that everything will be alright.
"Hello," she says quietly to the girl, as she halts along the edge of the clearing. She had no food to offer the foal but if they could get her back to Hyaline surly she could find a nursing mother. "I'm Solace, and I was your brother's sister... so I guess that makes us sisters." A gentle smile plays on her lips at the memory and as encouragement to the orphan - but she cannot fully commit to her usual warm countenance given the unfortunate circumstances.
Her blue eyes leave the child to search the mists the warning she had been given about a guardian ringing in her mind. She would rather not have run into the character described, she would feel much better once they reached the safety of Hyaline.
caretaker of hyaline
