Falls

For a long moment, Grier is absolutely certain that he is going to leave her behind and she's going to be left alone in the snow with all her questions. The big oaf froze when she spoke, but he made no other reaction. It was almost as if he were attempting to pretend to ignore her as a foal might when given a lecture they did not want to hear, and she was ready to be grouchy all over again. However, he finally turned back towards her halfway, and she waited expectantly with a suspicious look on her face.

Grier still hadn't entirely forgiven him, especially since he didn't seem to have the common decency to turn all the way around to face her when he was speaking with her. It reminded her of Isla in a way. Her daughter had been wildly independent, and when she had been a very young filly, facing away from her mother was her way of showing defiance.

Nothing about this stallion bespoke defiance, however. Grier wasn't entirely certain if she'd ever seen a creature before that could somehow appear both downtrodden and aggravated at the same time, but he surely did. Silently, the pinkish mare listened as he struggled to force the words out and realized how hard it was for him. She'd noted the strange cadence before, but she'd been too preoccupied with her own indignance to acknowledge his struggle.

Once again, this strange male had her feeling bad for her brashness.

Grier sucked in a huff of breath entirely unrelated to the explanation he was offering, and pursed her lips in contemplation. Maybe being alone for too long had ruined her ability to socialize. Maybe it wasn't him that was the problem here. With a switch of her tail, Grier banished the thought and resolved to be nicer to him regardless.

"Ye dinna like this, Clyre then, yeah?" She offers while pointedly stalking through the fresh snowfall to stand in a more comfortable speaking position. The words she offers are noticeably more friendly, even if they weren't quite warm yet, and she even lets her guard down enough for the briefest of smiles to ghost across her lips. "Are ye lookin' for 'er?"