The filly is slowly changing colour, lightening instead of darkening over winter - by now she’s obviously no longer black, more of a darkbrown-mousegrey something. Her wings remain the same though - feathers don’t grey. She’s quite happy in Nerine, although to be honest she has been hanging around Scorch mostly, since the ugly bald mare took her in.
Often enough times she is left to venture on her own though. The burnt mare has a lot of other things and horses to attend to, and although the winged girl’s curiosity is never easily sated, she understands that she is here to learn about all of Nerine and not to hang around Scorch like an adopted baby.
She’s taller now than she has ever been, almost as tall as Wishbone. She lacks all other features of a grownup though, it is easily seen that she is still too young to be a challenge to anyone. She only has her loud mouth to compensate her fragile stature, and wings to carry her around and away from danger should the need rise.
Today she is indeed aloft, and she finds the salty air carries her well, despite the thickness of the damp that is always near. In comparison, Hyaline’s air is much cleaner, or at least feals that way simply for being colder but less damp.
She soars over the rocks daringly, navigating between them with a skill only earned with practise in the mountains at home and from knowing the place - she has explored them all winter. She has not seen Kiwi since she has last seen the girl here, but perhaps she is exploring caves again. She sometimes wonders what Wishbone does in her free time, too, but so far she has seen the older girl do nothing but train or debate with the burnt Scorch and although Tähti knows she should be, too, that doesn’t mean she really wants to do that all the time. Honestly, perhaps in Hyaline she had a little too much freedom for simply being so young, but Tähti is simply not a girl made for politics, it turns out. Her soul is too young for such things apparently.
She sometimes wonders what the other residents in Nerine think of her, but today is not such a day, and she feels careless and free. Ha, she bets that if she keeps up training with Scorch, perhaps she will seek out Wolfbane in Tephra and challenge him if he’s there. After all he was kinda rude last time sand treated her like a newborn baby. Something that by now, she is definitely not.
the Light you are searching
has always been Within
@[Demi] if you want, we could turn this thread into Demi’s visit/fatal race?