The stomp of her hoof brings her attention to her face and away from the spot in her mane. The way she looked at him made him feel even more frightened than he already was. Still, he approaches her anyway. Instant regret hits his chest as Medusa confidently takes a step towards him and begins questioning his intentions. It was outrageous, but only because he had no idea anyone knew about his situation with Xiomara. Wait, how could anyone know? He had only just come back home from asking the Shore Queen to have his baby.

He quickly takes a step back as his ears pin down. He snorts in response as she blurts out her questions. For a moment, she becomes muted in the background as he stares out at the sea. He thinks maybe he could just swim away and escape all this. Maybe…then she says something about her mother. ”What? What are you going on about?” He stutters at first, but slowly begins to find some confidence. ”I would never pursue your mother. Why would you even think that?” His head shakes once before pulling his royal blue eyes to stare into her mis matched ones.

”H-How…were you spying on me?” There was no other way she could know about him and Xiomara. He hasn’t told anyone about his growing feelings for Xiomara. Not even his father knew though I’m sure he knew something was up with how much the stallion kept going to the shore. It was his mother who probably had the most suspicions about his Shore Queen and Ironclad’s infatuation might be a big reason she banned the mare from coming here.