10-28-2025, 12:40 PM
A relit cigarette never tastes the same, and thats all I'll preach about rekindling old flames
The Gates had born her, but The Valley had raised her. Her days spent lounging beneath the boughs of the Mother Tree paled in comparison to the years spent dancing in the confines of the Valley. Birdsong was replaced with wolfsong, sunshine overtaken by shadows. Like a nocturnal plant she had flourished there, becoming something more than her parents had ever thought possible. Her father had traded her for a political alliance, but even he couldn't have foreseen what she was to become. What she became.
A monster. A beautiful monster, true... but a beautiful monster is still a monster.
She gives Starbry a smile and a small chuckle, shaking her head slightly. "Well, I was a princess too, but that was many, many years ago. The kingdom I ruled doesn't even exist anymore. Saying it out loud makes her somewhat sad, but she doesn't stop to dwell. That was a whole other lifetime ago, one she isn't sure she would go back to even if she could.
The conversation shifts again, and Topsail can't help but take notice of the mares new unease. Topsail knows she's to blame for that, but still she can't help the wicked smirk that twists her lips. "My kingdom was full of monsters. Some obvious, some not. Her shoulders roll in the semblance of a shrug, nonchalance adding a lilt to her voice. She knows she is only stoking the fire of unease, but she's carried the charade too long now to stop. "Some even said I was a monster. The Raptor Queen, they called me... Her voice trails off and she turns her eyes to the forest, dropping her facade as she loses herself to memories of a life long lost.
with love,
topsail
@Starbry