knownastherisingsun [any]

[Texas]

Texas has never spent an undue amount of time with children. He’d raised his children with Believe in the same way that all stallions did at the time – he left them alone unless they were in mortal peril. Raising children is women’s work, and while he did from time to time choose a son to mentor, those have been few and far between. Oak, Guitar, and Jilted – none in the past century at all. Shatter Me seems to have taken most responsibility for the colt that tags at their heels, though Texas does turn ‘round from time to time to be sure that he’s not been abducted. He might lack paternal instinct, but he’ll be damned if someone attempts to snatch what (in some twisted sense) belongs to Texas. The grey mare is kind and gentle, so Texas averts his eyes until she’s fallen quiet. “Wanna go jump off some cliffs?” Texas asks the boy, his dark eyes bright. “There’s some good ones above the waterfall.” Though he’s not sure how to treat the boy like a child, he certainly knows how to treat him like a companion. Shatter Me might disapprove, but even if the boy is a horrible jumper and cracks his head open on the way down, at least he’ll land in the healing water. That makes it okay, right? t e x a s there's just too much that time cannot erase