sorry for the wait ><
She was calm, and so the young male was as well. It was what his mother gave him, that sense of serenity even though the world seemed to be in turmoil. But this was a happy day, just like the day Princess gave birth to his nieces and nephew. Joy would come from Lumiere's pain, they needed only to get through it. Alder nodded as she spoke, looking at the things she had gathered and finding them not odd but familiar from his readings. He was quiet, settled in the task and his hands shook only slight as he took the long cloth and and commonly found twine in one hand, then a bale of hay in the other and moved into the stall.
Alder cooed, trying to ease the soon to be mother and spoke to her in the low speech his cat-friend has taught him. He told her there was nothing to fear, a black hand running light over her neck and gave off as calm an energy as he could. His mind grew blank, watching the twitch of her flank and petted her slowly. He knew that she was agitated, just as Annan said and Alder did not want to invoke the sleeping mother that was about to rise earlier then planned. Dark eye followed him, and a hoof stamped the ground as he touched her tail. But Alder stayed, not flinching but moving to coil the long tail up and tie it so that it would not be in the way.
Once finished he slowly came to her head, holding her cheek and petting her long nose. He surprisingly stayed at ease, though the waves of pain crashed against his silent friend. The mare shifted, and Alder moved backwards to give her room so that she could lay to the the ground. He knew that she might do this, and then waited patiently for her birthing sack to break.
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