[private] and its harder than you think

[Nashua]

(and it's harder than you think)
telling dreams from one another

Wolfbane had told him once not to worry about Yan. He might not have wings but there would be plenty that his twin brother would be good at. And while Nash worries about his brother, the second part of what their father had said had proven to be true. There had been plenty that Yan was good at - an Alliance contender, a stalwart protector of Taiga, and gifted - perhaps even more than their dam - with the Echoes. (The latter is something that Nashua can't dissociate from his brother. His brother's ability is as much of part of Yanhua as the gold star on his chest or his horns.)

When he closes his eyes, Nash doesn't expect the darkness to remain there.

His blazed head nods imperceptibly, waiting for the memories to come. An ear swivels and a northerly wind blows past them, ruffling his wings, but there is nothing else. Nashua opens his green eyes and regards his brother, waiting (hoping) for an explanation. He listens as Yanhua explains that not only had he and his spotted mate ascended the Mountain, they had done so when their world became enveloped in darkness. It's troubling what his twin says and his brow creases slightly with concern.

Lilliana had taught them (as it had been taught to her in Beyond) that Magic was a balance. What was given must be taken. The thaw couldn't come without the sun and the tide couldn't be pulled without the moon. But for the frost to happen, the sun had to grow cold, and for the tide to be drawn towards the shore, the moon had to hide. Magic, as in life, was about balance; the moment one superseded the other, chaos was unleashed. So when his brother says that his gifts - his Echoes - are gone, the winged stallion wonders if the Mountain had taken them in exchange for...

For what?

But thankfully, that hadn't been the case and the pegasus regards his twin as sharply as @[Yanhua]'s blue eyes regard him.

"What brought them back?" Nashua asks, his mind already attempting to find a way to return Yan's gift.

NASHUA