i dream in phosphorescence Posted on February 10, 2025 at 02:33:53 AM by Helios
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The copper stallion, still standing where Mhidas had last parted with him, listened as the black stallion murmured something to the painted two year-old. Mhidas had glanced up at the draft, responding with careful regard and a slight nod. Truthfully, in honest competition with his apprehension of Lucifer, he was afraid of swimming across the open water. He hadn't truly understood what was happening when he and his mother had swum back to Salem. It had left the champagne with an unresolved anxiety of swimming. Knowing that Lucifer at the very least wasn't going to let him drown.. actually helped.
'I don't know what this is Helios… but he's nothing like what I've stolen from you so far.' The copper lord and his painted son both regarded the large male with questions milling behind their eyes. Mhidas' gut somersaulted while Lucifer said something about him 'not gaining any more scars than what he had.' Why offer him an exemption? Mhidas jolted forward at the gentle touch on his hindquarters. With a quick glance back that didn't land on his father, the gold champagne started on again. The saltwater splashed up from his legs to his chest, darkening his gold to burnished brass as they waded into deeper water.
Helios let them go without another word. He didn't know why Lucifer had suddenly promised not to harm the boy. but it was more than he could have hoped for, given the circumstances.