The lean tobiano watched quietly as she grew more disheartened by the news he had to share, and had to remind himself that this was better for her than getting her hopes up for something that might not happen. When Rehoboam had first met Nahawi, he had seen in him the potential to be the phoenix that neither himself nor Tyr could fully become. Their histories were too full of problems and holes, too gray in nature to be the sort of role models they needed to be. As he had gotten to know the young dun, however, he had come to realize that he was no more good than Rehoboam had been at that age. With just a little nudge he could all too easily fall to the same dark thoughts that spurred their brothers on unending raids to force new members into their ranks, the same darkness that created children who would never know their fathers.

He could not promise that Nahawi would do the right thing, when he was not certain of it himself.

"An errand?" He prompted gently, curious as to the nature of what sort of errand a Lagoon boss would have for a herd mare. It didn't make much sense, but then again, Reh was quickly learning he knew less about his boss than he'd thought.

"Snapdragon? No, I haven't heard of her before today." He answered with a shake of his head. Considering that the leadership of some territories was like a revolving door, that was not particularly surprising. "Who is her sire?"

The child - a girl he realized - began to stride up to him fearlessly, clearly unperturbed by him being a stranger and a stallion. Reh kept a wary eye on her anxious mother as he lowered his own dark muzzle to bump against the girls' in a soft exchange of breaths. He caught the opening of her muzzle a split second before she made contact and sought to discipline her without really thinking about it, snapping his lips (teeth safely shut) near her nose as if he was biting her in return and allowed his ears to pin momentarily. He wouldn't harm the girl, and did not pursure her if she flinched away from him, but he wasn't about to stand here and let a child that was not even his own nip him. Raising his gaze back to the mare, Reh watched her for any signs of upset before replying.

"They all are at that age," he said quietly, with a small pang of guilt. He'd only ever been present for the early days of one of his children, and in those early days he'd been forced to keep his distance from little Rhaenys. All of his experience with newborns came from his baby siblings during his time in the Cove, before he'd ever moved on to the Lagoon.

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