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The sun had just risen and dawns light was bathing the field in a warm glow. Gaven stood in the middle of a wide open field, grazing lazily on tender leafs of grass. A quiet and gentle breeze blew, chilling Gaven. He shuddered, but continued to graze.

Gaven, upon raising his head from getting a mouthful of grass, spied the mare coming towards him. His heart skipped a beat; though not out of love, but out of excitement. This was the first soquili he had seen since he had come down from the mountains, and the prospect of making a new friend thrilled him. So excited was he, Gaven turned on a dime and trotted over to the mare whose colors were as mysterious and enthralling like a tempest storm. "Hewwo!" Gaven called out, nearly choking on the grass in his mouth that he had forgotten about. He blushed in embarrassment at his own action and flicked his braided tail nervously.

"You wouldn't want to chase any storms where I come from. There, the storms chase you. One second you're admiring a nice sunset, the next your knee deep in snow." Gaven replied without thinking. He took a few steps forward and nodded a greeting. "My name is Gaven. It's a pleasure to meet you." He sighed and was silent for a moment. "You're the first soquili I've met since I've got here."

"I'm from the mountains. Blizzards in winter can put up a nasty fight for sure; trust me, those are storms no one wants to chase least they be frozen to death. But the aftermath is quite lovely." Gaven murmured as he thought back to the many cold mornings he would wake to find his world solid white with an icy glow as the suns rays danced across it's surface. He gave a sigh in his remembrance before turning his attention back to Audra.

He gave a slight frown as she basically called herself plane. From what he saw and had heard from her so far she lead a very interesting life. "Why do you say it is a pity that I met you first? Can you honestly tell me of any other soquili that would go out of her way to chase down what she loves? I'd say that is very exciting. I'd say that I'm lucky to have met someone like you first."

His frown turned into a slight smirk as she complimented him. He didn't think he was handsome, but he believed that to be because he wasn't vein. "Thank you for the welcome, but I bet you've met plenty of handsomer stallions. I bet with a single wink from those alluring blue eyes you'd have a whole herd of soquili chasing after you."

"Beauty isn't only looks though, it is also a state of mind." Gaven offered. "Some of the prettiest mares can be the ugliest creatures on the inside, doing nothing but snapping and demanding, putting others down. Conceited fools." He shook his head softly. He turned to look at Audra once more, staring deep into her blue eyes. "The only true beauty out there is a mare that has a beautiful personality to couple her looks."

He stayed quiet and listened to Audra talk about her mom. "A promise is a promise." He decided not to comment on the part of the promise of only going to the mountains with someone that knew the territory. He knew the territory well, he lived up there his whole life after all, but that could wait for another day. "Your mom okay? I don't mean to pry, but you speak of the promise like she is... gone, but you speak of you love for her like she is still here?"

Gaven blushed a bit, his blue cheeks taking a purple hue. He felt bad implying that Audra's mother had passed on, but it had been a question out of curiosity. In that moment he wished his parents had still been alive. He wondered if they had the same relationship that Audra's did, one of love and devotion. "Would your father truly go insane if your mother was not about?" He asked. It seemed odd that that would happen, but he wouldn't put it past love's wild ways to do so.

"But it isnt my natural color..." Gaven mumbled as Audra mentioned his blushing, causing him only to get brighter. "It looks quite a bit better on you I must say." He watched as she turned, making a mental not of how her colors danced and swayed almost like a rolling cloud as she did so. She looked almost as though she was a living storm cloud that walked the earth. He thought of for a moment what it would be like for her on the mountains, on the stony cliffs, able to look at the clouds that floated past only feet from her.

Attempting to will the color from his face he turned his thoughts to Audra's father once more. "Your father would still have you though wouldn't he? Your siblings? Would you and they not be able to keep him in peace and mine, insanity free?"