Jetta

At Macabre's words, Jetta's smile faded. She returned her friend's gaze with a steady look of concern, and pursed her pink lips thoughtfully. Several quiet moments passed, in which there was little but the sound of the falls crashing nearby and the water rushing at their feet, while the young mare considered how best to help her friend.

"I'm sure everything will turn out fine," she said, hearing how futile the words were as they came out of her mouth, but hoping they would help nonetheless. She did not know how dire Macabre's situation truly was - or whether she was simply fretting over nothing - but she trusted her friend, and if Macabre was scared for her own wellbeing, Jetta would take her at her word that things were as serious as she claimed.

"I'm sure Aillil will do his best to protect you. And besides... you know that the Peak will come if you call for them, right? We are always there for a sister in need." She felt a small stab of guilt as the word ‘we’ left her tongue, knowing she had not been home in so long that she was not even sure she could truly consider herself a Vulcan any more. She had been considering continuing her travels across the islands as soon as she left Atlantis, but now Jetta knew she needed to return home, if only to inform her mother of Macabre's plight. She was no fighter, after all, and if in the future some muscle was required to free Macabre, Jetta wanted to be sure that there would be mares ready and willing to pledge their aid.

Jetta's blue eyes wandered to the swirling blue-green waters, and quite suddenly a wave of exhaustion hit her. The excitement of reuniting with Macabre had briefly cleared her head and kept her afloat on a cloud of adrenaline, but now it was ebbing away, and she remembered just how much the swim had taken out of her. "Macabre," she said suddenly, and turned back to face her friend with a pleading smile. "Do you think Aillil would mind if I stayed the night? I could use a good rest after my journey, and we could talk more about your situation, or whatever you wanted. It would be good to spend some quality time with you."

She pricked her ears and waited hopefully.