When he heard running hoof beats, the overo stallion almost expected them to belong to a mare of the Peak, someone to drive him out in fear that he meant harm to their herd. He braced himself for it, but when he saw the unmistakable form of Izzy running toward him, Collision's face split into a grin as he nickered in greeting to the filly and swished his tail. "Izzy! My, how you've grown!" He called out to her, his ears pricked as he waited eagerly for her to reach him. His gaze only wandered away from the exuberant filly when he saw a large figure behind her. The moment his eyes set on Rhadra, the stallion inhaled sharply, his whole expression softening with affection to see the black mare he'd become so fond of. She looked as pretty as when he'd left her and he chuckled as she reared up before rushing toward him as well.

Izzy got to him first, colliding with his chest which pulled a grunt from the paint's lips as he smiled down at her. She yelled about him being back, doing circles around him and the stallion chuckled again as he reached out to nudge his muzzle into her shoulder playfully. "Yes, I'm back, and we have some catching up to do. I need to know everything you've been up while I was gone." He put on his best serious expression, though his brown eyes twinkled with amusement, knowing she'd be excited to tell him every little detail.

As Rhadra got closer, his smile widened more and his muzzled reached out to breathe in her sweet perfume as she tugged at his mane. As her gaze moved over him, he sighed softly, knowing she'd see the fresh bite marks he'd received in his confrontation with Cullen. But he didn't regret it. The Lagoon stallion attacked him first, but he wasn't going to run and be called a coward. Not from a stallion he used to think of as a friend, an ally. And not after smelling the Peak and Rhadra on his coat. At her questions, he nodded. "Yes, I found Shenzi. She was safe and sound on Salem with a new stallion, Maslakhat. I think she likes him. She certainly trusts him, and that's all I could ask for."

His head dropped a little, ears folding back as he took another breath. "As for my journey, it mostly went smooth. Finding Shenzi wasn't as hard as I'd imagined. I followed the leads I had and the Cove stallion, Solomon, was rather friendly and helpful. He pointed me in the right direction. I came across someone I knew on the crossing, as well. My former leader, Cullen." He searched her expression when he said the name, in case she knew it. She'd probably still smell him on his own coat. He glanced toward Izzy, letting Rhadra take the lead if she didn't want to talk about it around her daughter.