~ you carry both lightning and thunder
"What do you mean you can't stay long?" How could he explain it to her? Father wants him to follow him to the Shore and for the first time he could feel his heart torn between two places. He desperately wants to be here with them but he knew that father needs him at his side. He curls his lips up and tries to hide the indecision in his glacial eyes. "Father needs me," he finally says with a sigh. "We're going to find a new home where we can all be together." He lifts his head higher on his neck as he looks down proudly at his sister. He could bring them back all together. It would be just like before any of this happened.
He hopes that his words would bring peace to her aching heart, but he can not help the pain that she clearly feels.
Should we go to the Shore? He raises a brow. What would Sio say? "I could take you there if your mom says its okay," he says carefully, unsure if that her mother would be okay with her traveling with him there. But he does not doubt that she could easily make the trek to the Shore.
His ears swivel forward as she begins to talk of Aillil and Sio, he listens intently but his thoughts begin to wander. What would it be like if everyone was back together? With everything that had happened with the Lagoon and now Father losing the Ridge... Would it be better if they all went their own way? His heart thunders wildly against his ribs. It is an overwhelming thought.
The feeling of her muzzle against his shoulder draws him back to her. A smile tugs at his lips as his glacial eyes find hers. She looks up at him with the cutest puppy dog eyes and his heart stutters in his chest. How could he ever tell her no? He clears his throat nervously. "I..I think it would be a good idea," he stammers "Xiomara is there and everyone in her herd, annnd Father. "
"Father and I miss everyone too," he finally says. He pushes his whiskered lips into her soft tufts of mane that stick out from her neck. Then a smirk tugs at his lips. "You know Ro," he says fondly. "You should really fix your hair before you see Father," and as the words leave his mouth, his tongue swipes up her forehead and into her forelock. A laugh bubbles up and bursts from his mouth as he looks at her with her forelock sticking straight up in the air.
Icelandic Mutt // 2 years old // Silver Grullo Sabino Chimera // Stallion
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