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It pleased her to hear, after only a moment of hesitation, the sound of heavy hooves crashing through undergrowth behind Nana's own. Unseen, a small but lovely smile curved about the woman's pixie maw, and she clucked softly to the fat mare who responded by lifting her head and her feet a little more.
Glancing back over her shoulder quickly, Alaine was rewarded by a view of the young woman, her melancholia lost in a desire to soak up all of the land they travelled through. Those who respected the world as much as they ought to were few and far between these days, and it was refreshing to the embittered Apothecary to find such a lovely and wayward soul who showed the same awe as she had, before such emotions had been stolen from her. The forests here were lovely, and with the passing of winter they grew lovelier by the day. Soon, the birds would return, and the gentle silence would be filled with uplifting trills of song.
After deviating slightly from the ocean, the invisible path she swallowed swung back towards it, and although they would not be able to see the swell of aquamarine, the gentle crashing sounds of it filtered through the foliage. That, and the refreshing salty scent borne to sharp noses by a meandering ocean breeze. The soft thudding of hoof connecting with soil soon became a sharper sound, as the earth beneath them grew rockier, and the tundra thinned.
In a small clearing, Alaine pulled Nana to a halt and dismounted, looping the mare's reigns over her pommel so they wouldn't snag on anything. She gestured for Sage to do likewise. "We will go by foot from here. The horses are best left behind." Her thin smile bloomed again, but emerald eyes were mystical and deep, watching the girl curiously to see if she would so willingly trust in one she did not know. As an afterthought, she added, "They will be safe here. Your stallion will not roam?"
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