SWAGGER'S EYES WIDEN AT THE SKIN AND BONES MARE GREETS HIM OPENLY, SO KIND AND WARM; IT HAD BEEN SO LONG SINCE HE HAD BEEN GREETED IN SUCH AWAY. HEAD SLOWLY LIFTING, HE STRETCHES OUT TO HER, HIS OWN BODY REACTING TO THE KINDNESS THAT SEEMED TO HIM TO RADIATE OUTWARDS FROM HER - EARS PERKING, BODY RELAXING QUICKLY. HE WAS ALREADY OPENING HIS MOUTH TO ANSWER HER, HAPPY AND DELIGHTED IN SUCH A GREETING WITH THE COLT STEPPED BETWEEN THEM.

SWAGGER COULDN'T STOP HIMSELF FROM QUICKLY STEPPING BACK A SOFT SHOCKED AND HURT SOUND FALLING FROM HIM ONCE MORE. HIS HEAD SLOWLY LOWERING, EARS DROOPING AS HE GLANCES UP AT BOTH HORSES NERVOUSLY. SWALLOWING SLOWLY HE SHIFTS SLIGHTLY TAKING ANOTHER STEP BACKWARDS AS HE WATCHES THEM WEARILY BEFORE SLOWLY CALMING DOWN.

"as-salam alaykum; aasef." SWAGGER SAYS QUIETLY HAVING REVERTED BACK TO HIS NATIVE TONGUE IN HIS NERVOUSNESS BEFORE HE CLEARS HIS THROAT TO SPEAK UP ONCE MORE. "hello, i am sorry for intruding upon your lands as i have. it has been along time since i have seen such an expanse of sand. i am swagger... i um... i don't mean any harm or disrespect. if i have caused an issue i will be happy to leave." HE SAYS QUICKLY HIS VOICE SOFT AND LIGHTLY ACCENTED AS HE SLOWLY LIFTS HIS HEAD SLIGHTLY, EARS PERKING UP AS HE STANDS THERE, LEGS STIFF AND LOCKED TO TRY AND HIDE HOW MUCH HE WAS TREMBLING INSIDE.

HE WASN'T SURE IF HE SHOULD CONTINUE TO TALK AND EXPLAIN HOW HE CAME TO BE HERE OR AS TO WHY EXACTLY HE WAS HERE. SO INSTEAD HE KEEPS HIS SILENCE BARELY HOLDING BACK THE NEED TO TWITCH AND SHIFT IN HIS NERVOUSNESS. HE WANTED TO STAY, HE WANTED TO BELONG SOMEWHERE, HAVE A SAFE PLACE ONCE MORE, IT HAD BEEN SO LONG SINCE HE HAD SUCH A PLACE AND TO BELONG IN A PLACE THAT CONSISTED OF SAND? IT WOULD BE SUCH A DREAM COME TRUE... PERHAPS FORTUNE WAS SMILING ON HIM THIS DAY NOW IF ONLY SHE WOULD CONTINUE TO DO SO AND THIS STALLION WOULD ALLOW HIM TO STAY.

(as-salam alaykum is a formal hello and aasef is sorry in arabic if what my google search is telling me is correct ^^)

Stallion | Arabian Mix | Silver Sooty Bay Splash badger face | 16hh | five