Just as with Nasa and Cerosi, Cain was willing to give it a chance for Chimeras to get used to the Desert and start to think of it as home. Maybe she would; maybe she wouldn't. At least, until then, she would find safety here and company with the rest of the herd. He wanted to get to know her and wanted her to know him as well. Hopefully they would get that chance. He told her about the others in the herd, hoping that she would make some friends. He was gladdened by her words, that she wouldn't judge the Desert on a glance. "I appreciate that." He responded with a smile. When she asked about Carbon, his expression sobered to something more sad but he sighed and gave her an answer. "His mother was killed not long after he was born. He hasn't been able to get milk and so he'd been slowly starving."
He hated to admit it. He felt like such a failure as a father but there was no other mares in the Desert with milk besides Harlequin and he wouldn't force her to take on another foal, not when she was so close to birthing her own.
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Father to: Akello(xVihaan), Legolas(xGeneva), Paisley(xPrimrose), Carbon(xGeneva), Zena(xZubeia), Twinge(xHarlequin)
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