The pain feels as if it had just happened the previous morning, it rips through her chest with every hammer of her heart. She swallows hard, and lifts her gaze from the sand at her hooves. She can only think of Nyessa, her sweet sister. The filly had always looked up at her with those curious dark eyes, wondering what her older sister would do next. From splashing the older mares that came to drink at the oasis, or weaving in between the fig trees playing tag. She almost smiles at the memories, but knows those days are long gone.

What of the children? Her honey gaze finally falls on his dished face, the words swell within her throat. "I am sure that they did. Before leaving my home, I had looked once over my shoulder to see them coming from the hiding place." She pauses, and hopes that they were all well. "Maybe some day I will see them again." A smile spreads across her dark lips at the thought, and the reunion.

She gasps as his next question leaves his lips. How long has she been here in the Dunes? And she has yet to tell him her name. She turns to face him, her eyes travel the length of his dished face. "I am A'idah. She offers her name, and reaches her dark muzzle to bump his. His musk floods her senses. She closes her honey eyes, in hopes that she would remember what his touch felt like. She knows that she tends to stay away from others, it was just easier that way.

ooc: sorry this eck!