[P] shadow kids

[Theodosia]

let our eyes show the 
fire in our hearts tonight

Above her, the desert sun beats down without mercy despite the veil-like cape that drapes over her haunches, meant to protect her pale skin from burning -- she can already see it is only barely working, her body beginning to take on a pink tinge where the veil doesn’t cover, and she is glad this is only a short visit to Solterra. She had only wanted to visit the marketplace so spoken of in muted whispers, where for a pretty penny she could purchase herself a piece of Solterran steel -- she had, after all, been seeking out a dagger that could withstand whatever abuse she could throw at it.

Her wandering thoughts are thrown out the window the moment she catches sight of the scale, however. She would know it in an instant -- the opalescent sheen of a dragon’s shed scale, so often seen around her dam’s neck, except that the tall stranger wearing the necklace is decidedly not her beloved dam.

In a flash, she has crossed the markets, jewel-tipped antlers pointed at the bull-like man and her eyes narrowed suspiciously. “Where did you get that necklace?” She demands of him, knowing that her dam would not easily give up his treasured possession, and a pang of worry crosses her heart. “What did you do to my mother?”

credits

@El Toro set BEFORE raum's challenge but after the elk event!