The air around them is light, and for the first time in a quite a while Amorette feels carefree. The white mare’s presence allows her to be herself, to drop the pretence, and she only realises the weight of her burden now she has dropped it from her shoulders – temporary.
She laughs softly, smiling at Saedìs jest. ”Did you prove her right?” Nevertheless, it is a beautiful name, but the name does not make the equine.
For a moment Amorette’s dark eyes study the pale mare, her head tilting a little to the side as she does. The simple question had told her that Saedìs hadn’t been around during the Reckoning. Not that she’d missed anything, but for someone who didn’t now the old Beqanna it might be hard to understand. However, she wouldn’t know if she didn’t at least try to explain. ”Beqanna used to be different.”
”There used to be different kingdoms, she used to be a whole different world for that matter. The general areas weren’t much affected, but everything else had. The fairies punished us for our wrath and greed. The Reckoning destroyed the kingdoms, our homes, and we were all magically transported to the Mountain. From there we rebuild Beqanna, under the fairies’ watchful eyes.”
There she pauses, her eyes moving to Saedìs’. There is a small smile on her lips, but it does not reach her eyes. It had been dark times. Amorette does not hold it against the fairies, very aware that they must have deserved it, but that didn’t make the loss any less painful.
”Some were quick to settle in this new world, my father one of them. I arrived later, and by then he – and others – had already build Tephra. He welcomed me home. Others never made it, or perhaps decided that this new Beqanna wasn’t for them.” Her mother was one of those. Ever since the Reckoning Amorette hadn’t heard of her, nor her baby sister. She could only hope that they were happy and safe, somewhere.
Saedìs question is met with a small smile. She shakes her ebony head, as to say she does not mind. ”He stepped down, decided it was time for the next ruler, and he slipped into the background to live the reminder of his life peacefully.” It had been a long while since Amorette had last seen him, but she’s okay with that. She knows he loves her and she knows he is content, things are good like this.
The glint that appears in her dark eyes can almost, almost, be called mischievous. She simply cannot help it at Saedìs mention of the volcano. As if to show disappointment she – playfully – shakes her dark head. ”You haven’t yet? Such a shame. Such a shame.” As she speaks, Amorette is grinning widely. There was so much of worth for Saedìs to discover about Tephra’s volcano. From learning about Pele, the goddess, to enjoy the heated pond at its base. And then Amore hadn’t yet mentioned the many caves or the view when climbing the volcano.
“I happen to have lived in, on and around the volcano.” Her words are met with a wink. Her gaze moves to the looming volcano, a smile tugging on the corners of her lips. Yes. The volcano very much made her home. ”It reminds me of the volcanic land in which I was born.”
Amorette
Quand on n'a que l'amour.
@[Saedìs]
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