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The sun had risen to a high point in the sky as a bright red eye cracked open from under the shade of tree's and brush. Seraphino, was not appreciative of how warm it was getting. He always felt like with each hot ray burning down on his bright shimmering skin, it was baking him into darker colors. This of course coupled with his paranoia and delusions, left him a chattering mess as he stood, talking to himself and grumbling about the sun and it's conspiracy to make him ugly.

As he stood, shaking off the leaves, he stretched a little, his tail flitting back and fourth as he looked around, trying hard to adjust. In mid stretch he yawned, shrinking his head back at the thought of how dry his throat really was. "I...must have snored...do I snore?...maybe you just left your mouth open again...I didn't....wait..what?" he shook his head realizing that his inner monologue was already making itself well known.

"Water..." escaped his lips as he took a step, tripping over his long braid and crashing to the ground. "Sleep..." he thought as he laid there closing his eyes for the moment, "No water...."

His mind could not be made up. After a few minutes of yes, no and water, sleep. He stood again, flipping his long hair around his neck and heading towards the lake. As he headed there, he continued to talk to himself, arguing over the need and want for the sun to be in the sky with snippets of how its all conspiracy to make him ugly. He hadn't noticed the pale colored female laying in the grass, at least he hadn't till he stepped down, the soft yet firm feel of her tail under his hoof.

Seraphino was caught off guard, almost falling over his own feet when the object shrieked off, making its break and splash into the water. The actions surrounding him were like a whirlwind. He couldn't tell up from down or left from right, mainly because he didn't have a starting point to begin with. Standing around looking mighty confused, he looked around, slowly making his way to the water. He had grown very unsure of it now, that whatever screamed had jumped into it.

As her head raised and she spoke, he looked at her, taking a hard seat by the water, watching the crickets hop away from his bright blue rear coming down at them. He stammered a little, with a awkward smile on his face.

"I am really sorry...we...erm...I didn't think anyone was around..erm...I didn't see you..." he paused for a moment, catching a tanget, as he stared at her, slightly talking to himself in a low voice, "no no..thats not right either..." he paused, looking up again. "Your not hurt are you?"

He let out a small laugh as she went on about how it hurt, he couldn't help but find it a little funny. She had come back out of the water and moved herself further down the bank as if he was vicious. "I..really am sorry...sometimes, I'm a little distracted.."

He paused for a moment, following the trail of a wandering butterfly. "Oh, Um..I'm Seraphino" he said rather happily, looking over at her, his eyes now wandering over her. He had never really seen one who looked so...unique. Then again, he spent most of his day sleeping away or laying around lazily under trees and brush.

"I just wanted a drink, figured here was nearest to where I woke up. Honestly, I didn't expect there to be anyone else around..." his voice was rather soft for someone his size, "Though not to seem very rude...but if you have fins...what were you doing on land?"

He was mesmerized, completely lost for the moment in the fact that she was like no other he had seen. He watched her flick her tail, tiny droplets beading off the edge of her fin, flying into the air and landing on the ground without a sound, splattering across the blades of grass that lay between them.

Shaking his head, snapping back to reality, he pasted on a little smile. "Ah it must be a complement, to get to drink from your waters, hmmm?" he said, with a small air of pride as he stood, unraveling his hair from around his neck as he made his way to the water, taking in a few crisp gulps.

"Apoletta..." he paused, taking a few more, before looking over his shoulder at her. "That is a rather lovely name, if it's a creature of the seas, it must suit you. I was told, mine means 'burning ones' but I am not very sure how that suits me." he laughed a little, with a shrug, plopping back down into the grass with a huff, swishing his tail over his legs. "Other than the fact that I'm told I'm rather bright, maybe it means, 'burning ones eyes out'.

For a moment, his personality almost shifted, his smile fading quickly as he snapped at the air in slight agitation, "I have a brother, Ulliel, and a sister , "Camie"". He brayed for a moment, before digging his hooves into the ground. "Sorry, I don't see them often, it gets a little bothersome, though it's more my fault then their's I guess. Since I don't stay around home often, if ever. I guess you can say, I value the ability to travel and wander, slightly more than my family. Cruel? I guess...."

"But they are indeed very bright, My sister, Bright green with hair like flames, pretty reds and oranges...my brother much like my sisters hair, bright red and a little orange with bright white hair." He laughed for a moment, "I'm the only one who seems to encompass both of them. Even if the reds are just in my tail." he laughed, shaking his stubby tail.

He paused for a moment, looking back at the water with a wide smile, watching the calm ripple streak across with each breeze dancing across it's clear structure. "What about you? Do you have any siblings? Are they fishy like you?"