[open] lost in the woods; any

[Lepis]

again you’re gone, off on a different path than mine i'm left behind wondering if i should follow The younger mare voices her surprise at the long-ago encounter of Lepis and Valdis, which Lepis smiles at. The dun rarely allows herself to linger of thoughts of what might have be, but she does not for just a moment. If Valdis had stayed in Loess rather than returning to her mother in Hyaline, would the blue mare in front of Lepis even exist? It’s an interesting thought, but not enough to keep her attention for long, especially not when Dracarys answers her other query. She does like it, Dracarys says, which surprises Lepis not at all. Of course she likes Loess – only a fool would not. The unnamed father that the blue mare seems to have spoken well of the place, which is something of a surprise to Lepis given the identity of the stallion she’d assumed to be Dracarys’ father. She has made no detailed list of Castile’s offspring, but she is fairly certain that Valdis is the one who’d taken up with the Hellhound of Sylva. She is even more sure now, as Dracarys admits to wanting more. “Don’t we all,” Lepis murmurs with a smile. She is quiet for a moment then, her blue-grey eyes flicking curiously over the mare’s face. She seems to be looking for something, and it’s not quite clear if she finds it when she says: “Your grandfather desires a bit of chaos. Perhaps you might find your something more in helping him achieve his goals?” The last is a question, complete with a raised brow that clearly is waiting for an answer before she continues. LEPIS i’m the one who sees you home-- but now i’m lost in the woods and i don’t know what path you are on

@[Dracarys]