"But the dream, the echo, slips from him as quickly as he had found it and as consciousness comes to him (a slap and not the gentle waves of oceanic tides), it dissolves entirely. His muscles relax as the cold claims him again, as the numbness sets in, and when his grey eyes open, there’s nothing but the faint after burn of a dream often trod and never remembered." --Brigade, written by Laura
06-21-2021, 06:51 PM (This post was last modified: 06-21-2021, 06:52 PM by Fiorina.)
don't be afraid of the fire, I'd never let you burn
Fiorina had been slacking in her duties to Loess as of late, and though there was a little bit of guilt there isn’t much of it. Some things take precedence, like making sure your children aren’t going to eat everyone in the kingdom.
Not Pax and Agathe, though she’s sure the perfect spotted pair wouldn’t mind being considered a threat - but Nyet. Still perfect, a piece of the family that Fiorina had distanced herself from. She wasn’t entirely sure who the rainbow-hued girl’s parent was, though whoever had both failed to raise her and given her those wings was certainly on the fire-horned mare’s shitlist. There’s just no justice in the world.
She reaches out to lip gently at Nyet’s armoured forehead, an affectionate action she’s learned from Breckin. Some of her edges have been softened, new actions and languages picked up as she helps raise both armoured and unarmoured children.
“No.” She tells her, a blunt word, but Fiorina doesn’t leave it at that. “It was harder for your father, though, and for some of our family so it will take a little more for you to get to where it is easy.” She is glad that Nyet has enough of her sanity to come and seek help when she needs it - that she does not give into the ferocious side they are both capable of. For Fiorina, it has always been a thing of voice - she can pull it on when she wishes it.
Nyet may be grown but she is still so young, and Fiorina is not worried - her confidence in the younger mare showing in her voice as she continues. “These first few days back in the kingdom are going to be tough as you get used to being around so many others. But then it will be easier, a little more each day.”