Faster than the flames Posted on April 12, 2025 at 02:16:29 PM by Firefox
Firefox had just decided to go home when a voice spoke. She jumped, stumbling with how unprepared she had been for such a small act of someone talking to her. This was impossible! She couldn’t see her ever getting to a point where she would react to the smallest, silliest thing.
Looking back to who the voice belonged to, she saw a pretty painted mare, nodding slightly in response to her question before voicing her own reply sorry. Reflex she said, even though that sounded lame even to her own ears.
She glanced up to the mare briefly before casting her eyes downwards again I- I’m- ..I’m fine she eventually manage to stammer out, her heart beating like mad still as she tried to calm her frayed nerves.
It wasn’t so much she was afraid of the mare, at least not anymore than any other horse but everything made her jump, and she hated that she couldn’t get her own body to stop it.
I’m fine, its just.. she trailed off not knowing what to say now. What could she say? Sorry I’m traumatised from past experiences of being a slave? Yer that would never be right even if it was truth. She knew she needed to say something, but what? The longer she was drawing a blank the more panicked she was becoming.
Damn it, her mind knew she needed to do something, like now! Before she slipped into her slave demeanour and quite literally shut down. She couldn’t control anything when her mind did that.