At Hemp's voice, Chi slightly shifts away, ears laying back into her mane. Her eyes widen at his questioning words, and for a moment she is completely muted, unsure of what to say. He was worried? One after the other her ears prick back up. "Indy? She's fine Hemp," tossing her head up, she motions to the other side of the stream where she had stood before, "beyond those trees there, she sleeps in a small little grove. She is safe and well, but misses you." Chi's tone grows soft, and her eyes look back to his face.

"I've missed you as well Hemp," she murmurs, pressing her nose against his cheek affectionately. "I could apologize over and over from keeping her from you, but I know that will not change what I've done. Will you hear me out my spotted friend?" Her eyes search his face for a moment as if this were the last time she may see him. She was not going to leave him of course, but simply open her heart up to him, a thing she's never done since Olaf crushed her young heart.

She knows she can't wait as Indy would wake soon, so taking a step away and looking into the river, her voice is soft as she speaks. "When I first came to the islands, I was young and naïve, looking for love. I found my first stallion in the commons, his name was Olaf. We matched each other in markings, thought not in color, but I had still thought we were meant to be. We traveled to his home, and he gave me my first child. She was a pretty filly, one I adored and cherished." She lets out a shaky sigh, eyes lowering till she can stare down at her reflection.

"In the end, He took my baby. I woke one morning and both were gone. I waited of course but they never came back." The painted mare sniffs, eyes watering when she jerks her head up to look upon Hemp, almost as if she'd forgotten he was there.

"I thought you'd do the same," she sadly admits, " a foolish thought I know, but my fears ruled me when I became pregnant with Indy and up till now."

Stepping once more to his side, she lays her head against his shoulder. "I love and trust you, I see that now."