12-12-2018, 04:05 PM
A wave of disappointment washed over him when he heard that his direction had been wrong, ending up on another island instead of the mainland. Still, he was someplace new, with at least one new horse. Maybe two, he wasn't sure yet. Even more interesting though was the place they apparently both called home. His face illuminated joyfully at the knowledge. "Ki jan bél! That is where I come from as well. Though I do not know any Ruan, I'm sorry."
Mercurial as a sea storm, the boy's face flowed from excitement to sorrow, then back to its typical lightheartedness. Raised as he had been, he had no concept of guile or deception, or any kind of masking of his emotions. They rolled across him openly, with no expectations. Inhaling again, the golden fronds of his ears rotated easily. It was no substitute for sight, but for a boy who didn't know any better, his ears and nose created a good enough map of his world and the things that filled it. Like this boy, Kharon. And his sister as well, though he still wasn't confident of her presence. All he'd caught of her was a whisp of girlish scent, no hoof beats or breath patterns, no whispered words... but that didn't mean she wasn't there. Trust your senses, that's what his father always said. Trust yourself.
Smiling in their general direction, if maybe a bit to the left, Tyr nodded in greeting. "Happy to meet you Kharon, and you, Miss Kali. My kin are those that keep to themselves, elsewise we may have met sooner. My folk hardly come up to the surface most days, and I kept close to their cove, till now. Didn't get mamman's gift for the sea like my sister, though Da says he didn't get his gift until my age or a bit older. There's hope." He shrugged, unbothered. While he wished he could follow his sister beneath the waves, the surface still held many secrets from him. Secrets that had brought him here today.
Stepping to the side with a light motion, he lifted his muzzle into the light breeze. Other equids, not nearby. Salty, pungent beach grass, date palms. He nodded again. "I'd like to hang out? This is not the mainland, but still a new place to me. I'd like to learn about it, and... zanmi. To make friends." Warmth rose in his skin at the admission, vague embarrassment at the admission. He had no friends to which he was not related to. There was a vague memory of a girl, when he was very young. But she had not come by again. This was a chance that he could not forgo.
@[Kharon] @[Kali]
Mercurial as a sea storm, the boy's face flowed from excitement to sorrow, then back to its typical lightheartedness. Raised as he had been, he had no concept of guile or deception, or any kind of masking of his emotions. They rolled across him openly, with no expectations. Inhaling again, the golden fronds of his ears rotated easily. It was no substitute for sight, but for a boy who didn't know any better, his ears and nose created a good enough map of his world and the things that filled it. Like this boy, Kharon. And his sister as well, though he still wasn't confident of her presence. All he'd caught of her was a whisp of girlish scent, no hoof beats or breath patterns, no whispered words... but that didn't mean she wasn't there. Trust your senses, that's what his father always said. Trust yourself.
Smiling in their general direction, if maybe a bit to the left, Tyr nodded in greeting. "Happy to meet you Kharon, and you, Miss Kali. My kin are those that keep to themselves, elsewise we may have met sooner. My folk hardly come up to the surface most days, and I kept close to their cove, till now. Didn't get mamman's gift for the sea like my sister, though Da says he didn't get his gift until my age or a bit older. There's hope." He shrugged, unbothered. While he wished he could follow his sister beneath the waves, the surface still held many secrets from him. Secrets that had brought him here today.
Stepping to the side with a light motion, he lifted his muzzle into the light breeze. Other equids, not nearby. Salty, pungent beach grass, date palms. He nodded again. "I'd like to hang out? This is not the mainland, but still a new place to me. I'd like to learn about it, and... zanmi. To make friends." Warmth rose in his skin at the admission, vague embarrassment at the admission. He had no friends to which he was not related to. There was a vague memory of a girl, when he was very young. But she had not come by again. This was a chance that he could not forgo.
@[Kharon] @[Kali]