[private] there's a thief on every corner of the street

[Mazikeen]

m a z i k e e n . After Bolder’s parents leave, she gives him a few days before seeking him out. The threat that she had made towards Nashua, combined with banning him from the east, all of it went against the supportive, doting aunt image she still wanted to maintain. Mazikeen finds it satisfying to have the hatred and fear of anyone else in this world - but it does not suit her for Bolder to view her like that. It is easier with him than it was with some of the others that had known her before. Her bond with the youth had been forged over shifting, and her enjoyment of that ability is one of the few things that had not changed when the rest of her did. And it will remain a thorn in Nashua’s side every single day Bolder chooses to stay here in Hyaline. No longer a captive but a willing member of the kingdom. That thought is enough to inspire a small smile in Mazikeen’s red-orange eyes as she moves to the lake. She is just herself today, a white mare marked with scars and crowned with glowing horns that burn bright underneath an overcast sky. Will he be beneath the surface, practicing? She wades into the shallows - the icy water providing a welcome bite - and calls out in her best mimicry of her old, warm tone. “Bolder?” The fact that he was still here was a good sign, she was sure of it - now she just needed to make sure he still trusted her.

 

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