[private] I dreamed myself a bird who could cross the waves

[Anubias]

Through his humming, through his attempts to drown out the thoughts that are buzzing around his mind, Anubias becomes aware of a general sense of fear. He cannot understand it - it’s like no one has ever seen the night before! And it’s not so bad, really. A gentle greeting and an even gentler glow catch his attention, effectively silencing the thoughts he was accidentally overhearing. His humming helped, but talking to someone else was the best cure for it. It kept all his focus in one spot. So he greets this filly with enthusiasm. “Of course! Come on, if you stand here next to me you can just see a little of the sun’s light glinting off the water just there.” He’s not sure why he points this out, maybe just because it’s a precious enough thing that it must be shared. His green muzzle moves to show the spot where the water still glitters, even in this darkness. His grin dances too like the sunlight on the water when he turns back to the glowing girl. “I’m Anubias.” He says next, as though they’re meeting on any normal day. “What’s you-” But he doesn’t finish the sentence before he feels the surprising sensation of something crawling up one of his hind legs. He starts forward a step, eyes wide, and his small hoof splashes in the dark, cold water of the river. He twists around and sees a wide, soft red face that tilts to the side as the animal sits on Anubias’ haunches, a striped tail draping over his side and tickling the skin there. By sheer luck Anubias has not come across any monsters before, so that does not even flicker into his mind as a possibility. It just looks like a lost animal of some kind. The colt calms down almost immediately at this idea and speaks as he turns back to the filly - hoping he hadn’t embarrassed himself too much. “Huh. This guy a friend of yours by any chance?”

@[Cheri]

and also @[The Monsters] do your thing with Anubias' mind reading please!