[ ah ty EER ]
✬ eness ✬
▻ al hilal ♂ & al murzim ♂ | atik ♂ & edasich ♂ | shahin ♀ ◅
He and his brothers disperse - his own twin towards his son and their youngest brother towards the sub-leads. It was wise, he thought, that they expect other refugees beyond the one they’d noticed. He shoves Shahin from his mind, worried that the pursuer might trigger in him an unwise level of reaction - and feeds all his anxious energy into keeping up with his mile-devouring brother.
When they arrive, Atair circles behind the mare whereas Antares and Kestrel confront the intruder. He would bodily prevent the mare from being pushed into the lapping waves if he must. His brother eyes Kestrel and he knows there would be alliance talks and offers. Kestrel was not a small man and he was clearly able to stand up for others in spite of being uninvolved - that kind of loyalty to the common horseflesh of the world was rare. Atair would approve of it immediately. His own brother flexes his role as the reigning stallion, then, and Atair feels a knot in his chest relax as he claimed the ground and those within it. Sayyida’s heart-absence and sometimes bodily absence had not completely driven out his pride.
He nudges gently at the mare, letting her know that he was there to keep her on her feet and in control of her destiny - not to interfere with her will. "The Dunes welcomes any that seek its protection. If you are brave enough to seek solace in the shifting Dunes, they will not forsake you"
OF SALEM’S EASTERN DUNES
▻ stallion - arabian - black with birdcatcher spots - 15.3 hh ◅