Persephone, the Lost
Despite her earlier cautiousness she was finally beginning to warm up to the aquatic mare. As she watched, Bel seemed to work some of her peculiar magic, making water vapor steam upwards and refract rainbows in the dim light. Persephone's eyes grew wide with childlike wonder as the vapor turned to snow cold enough to make her nose twitch. "Wow..." she murmured, watching the snow fall until it was all gone, watering the grass beneath them now. Maybe she was easily impressed but she couldn't help it-- magic was definitely special and fascinating. She wondered what it felt like to control the forces of nature so easily like that. Something told her she had known the feeling once.
Bel offered to tell her the story of her arrival and Persephone felt flattered that she would give a stranger like her such information. She still hesitated as the other mare found a spot to rest, uncertain if she should get so close. It only took a moment for her to decide she was being silly and to just buck up. The opal mare took the few steps needed to close the distance and then laid by her, still with respectable space between them but now at least they wouldn't need to talk loud. "I have plenty of time if you're willing to tell," she said. Who wouldn't want to hear such a fascinating tale?
She could understand why Bel might prefer the areas near the sea and the water. No doubt she could swim with the fish easily since she had gills. Persephone was almost envious-- Bel could see more of this world than she could, being confined to land as she was. "I always want to see more," she said, her eagerness showing at the mention of her new friend being a fellow explorer. But, she caught herself, and glanced off towards the odd snake creature as it chased something. "But I won't take you from your duties. I don't know what a battle mage does but it's surely important." The responsibilities of court citizens were very unknown and new to her--she wasn't even sure what her own role meant.
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