[private] i'm sorry that i let you down

[bolder]

Bolder can't imagine a better place than Hyaline.

It was here that had begun to truly understand himself. He was allowed a freedom here that he hadn't been given in the North. Where they had frowned at his ability to change coat colors and would have curled their lips at his changing shape, he was praised in Hyaline. Both Gale and Mazikeen had taken the time to help him become more powerful, and as his shapeshifting grew stronger, Bolder knew that eventually he would travel to the Mountain.

He would be like his revered Uncle and become Powerful.

He would finally be able to show his father that there was no danger in shapeshifting.

The adolescent shifter had been an eagle resting on a branch, peering across the wintry landscape. Something with more fur would have been preferable to keep out the chill, but Bolder had wanted to practice flying against the bitter wind. There was a precision in this shape that he couldn't find in any other and he had spent most of his day soaring in preparation to ascent the Mountain. The gold edging of his wings catches even in the muted light and as he moves head away from it, Bolder glimpses Anath struggling against the snow and the ice.

Malik should take better care of his companion, he thought darkly. Sickle had always seemed so careful of Oceanus.

Soaring down towards her, he traded his feathers for fur and came to stand beside her as a pegasus. Bolder stopped and snorted, sending his breath billowing out in plumes of silver smoke. His hooves slipped slightly on the ice but the yearling grunted and drove them deeper, extending an auburn wing to push Anath up.

@Anath