 Sometimes the silent maiden wished she were deaf; that way she couldn't hear the wonderful things that went on around her and be tempted to voice her opinion and amazement of it all with her nonexistent voice. It was embarrassing really, after all these years she still at times forgot about her defect, yet the large mare went on. She use to have horses by her side that understood her and her silence, but they were gone. Some were dead and the others had just up and left like a leaf on the wind. Costello was left to wonder if maybe it was her fault, would they have stayed if she could have talked? Maybe the conversations wouldn't have been so one sided.
She heaves a sigh and shakes her head at such thoughts, slinking her way through the dark trees and toward the crashing sound of the falls. Hopefully there wouldn't be anyone around at this time with dark upon them. No conversations and horses looking at her weirdly for not speaking. Poking her head around the last remaining trees she eyes the water and the space around it, which was empty, much to her delight. The moon and the stars glistened so perfectly off the top of the water and for a few minutes Co stands there staring, not at all noticing the dark male standing in the clearing off to the side.
But it seems fate had decided to be cruel once more to the mute girl. His voice was soft and far too welcoming to her ears. He had noticed her and when she turns her head, once again in the shadows of the trees she had yet to leave, she sees he had also turned to face the exact spot where she stood. No slinking away now she thinks. She was torn between leaving and staying; though eventually she decides to stay and takes a step forward out of the dark. Costello tucks her small face inward toward her chest and shuffles a bit uneasily on her long feathered legs as she stands in front of him. She doesn't know what else to do, the knowledge that she couldn't say hi weighing heavily on her already burdened mind.
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Mare . 6. Draft cobxArabian. Bay[Ee Aa]. 16.0hh. Mute
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