Ivory ears stand in attention as she listens to Ailill's tale about meeting Bjorn. Her Iclandic mate was kind enough to open his home to this stallion after everything that has happened with the war. Bjorn had great trust. The golden stallion was rather happy which caused a smile to spread on her lips. Seems Ailill used to live here, well, in Paradise, but he knew these islands. She was curious to learn more about the other islands since she had yet to see many before she was given away to Bjorn. Here, Tinuvel, and the main island was all she knew. Before she could inquire about the other islands that surround this one, he asks her a question instead.

Ailill wants to know about the herd...and her wounds. Her head shakes lightly as light blue eyes stare at him for a few seconds. She never thought she would be spilling her guts to a stranger, yet alone a friend of her mate's, but here we go. "Most of my wounds come from Lagoon stallions who snuck their way onto our island and stole my child along with the Ridge's heir. The rest of my wounds come from the heir's mother who challenged me for the title of lead mare and defeated me in my weakened state. I can't blame her for being mad that I failed to protect her son, but she had gone away to fight in a war Bjorn asked her not to involve herself in. She should have been there." A sigh leaves her lips as her eyes wander around the jungle.

"I apologize. Nyimara and myself have bad blood between us, but you are allowed to have your own opinions about her. Besides, she is your lead mare now." She didn't know how her words flowed so easily with this stallion. She took the risk of telling him everything, almost everything, so settle her troubles. Maybe just taking about it would help. Her eyes return to Ailill as she gets off the Nyimara subject and answers his first question. "Bjorn has a habit of brining in new mares all the time so I don't know everyone, but I can give you the names of the mares I do know. Siobhan is newer to our herd, but she is a good mare. Friendly and level headed. Elvira was one of my first friends in the herd, but she can be known to be reckless. She is sweet though and a true friend once she trusts you. There is Tigerlily who is currently being held captive in the Thicket, but I have only met her once."

"There is a mare named Lagertha I have not personally met, but I believe she is Bjorn's sister. Wren is another mare new to the herd, but she is quiet and keeps to herself. I think there is another mare Bjorn just brought in, but I don't know her name. The foals are Elerona, daughter of Elvira, Sigurdr, the heir, Mjöllnir, child of Lagertha, and my children Askold and Isabel. It is Sigurdr and my daughter Isabel who were taken." Her body lifts away from Ailill as she regains some strength from trying to catch up to him earlier. There was something she should probably mention to him if he planned on becoming the second here.

She turns her body around to face him, favoring her injured leg. "We did have a second stallion named Osiris, but he was killed protecting the foals from the Lagoon stallions. I thought you should know."