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Myrrh had nodded, his eyes closed as he listened. Absorbing what was being told to him, though his eyes snapped opened at the mention of not having much of a family to speak of. He would gladly trade with her, though he hadn't actually taken in the 'runt of the litter' thing or the 'left for dead' comment. Though he was glad that he hadn't bored her into wanting to move on. Though being that she was only the second of his kind he's met, he was very... Unsocialized.

"I would gladly trade with you." He nodded again, "Wait, Wha?" the last but finally sunk and it just about knocked him over. "What kind of parent is that?" ah eye twitched lightly at the thought before he shook it off trying to compose himself.

Boy, this was going to be harder then he thought to keep straight faced. Of all the things he had heard through the 'grape vines', he had never heard anything like that one before. Surely if he had been eating something he surely would have choked upon it. He watched Sadie, observing her, how she moved and how the light moved over her. She didn't look like she had been a runt, more like the pick of the litter.

"I'm sorry that you had that experience, if I may be so bold as to say this. You don't look the type to be the runt of the litter. More like the pick of the litter, even if I haven't ever seen anyone else like you." Awkward moment as he merely watched her, had that really come out of his mouth? So much for being 'level' headed.

Myrrh's eye still twitched at the thought of a parent just kicking one of her brood out like that. Just because it was smaller. He was smaller then most his siblings when he was little, but he didn't get kicked out, then again his family wasn't like hers in coloration and what not. But still... Shaking his head he took control of the twitching and eased it away, this wasn't really the time to be foggy headed.

"At least someone was kind hearted to take you in." Myrrh nodded, though an ear turned backwards. "Sometimes I wonder if everyone who's... Well..." He didn't know how to put it without insulting someone. "Well older then the both of us, be heartless. I was the runt of my batch of siblings."

No that wasn't really right, there he went again, his mind shrouded with thoughts, questions and many other things that were to be left unanswered. Sinking to the ground, his legs folded beneath him, his head laying on the cool grass. Oiy, his head was starting to hurt, and hurt a lot.

"All this seems like utter, foalish non-sense. Kicking someone out of the family on size." He muttered staring blankly. "Very foalish..."

Turning his head to one side, Myrrh looked up toward Sadie. All this was starting to make his head hurt, he was so ready to ask for a subject change. Maybe to something that wouldn't make his head hurt, or maybe it wasn't everything that was colliding within his head. Maybe it was the heat? Perhaps that, or maybe other things that were making feel sick. Shaking his head and soon dragging him back up to his hooves.

"Perhaps not, but the most I can't really say." He added at no more then a soft mutter. "I know one in my family that's cold hearted, one of my Aunts. Neva, she's always trying to get herself disowned from the family, but my grandparents are too kind for that kind of thing." He often wondered how they coped...

Things changed to something that he had said, his foalish non-sense comment. Now there was something he went blank on, he didn't remember what he had said it for. So he merely shrugged, and turned around to head deeper into the shadows, before stopping and looking back toward Sadie.

"I'm heading deeper, where the air is cooler then here. Your welcome to join me if... You want." He left the invitation open to her if she wanted to join him. Charming, perhaps he wasn't all hardheaded after all.

His ears turned back toward the following steps as he heard her following him. Already the air seemed to cool even more then before. He didn't know where he was going, but that clearing wasn't going to be so close for long. Walking pretty much blindly, he just stared forward, though his ears listening to what she said.

"Yea, she's crazy. My Aunt Del'Nal is a strange on herself. My uncles aren't much better. One thinks he can go anywhere in his head and think up the craziest and most foalish stories. Ones of chasing dragons and the like." Myrrh shrugged gently. Then there's my sisters who bear wings, one whom is falling for some other stallion. My brothers... I haven't heard much of them. My grandparents and the like... I don't really know them."

At this he turned his head back a little to look back toward Sadie. Though he didn't quite look forward in time before he ran smack into a tree and knocked himself backwards. Ears falling back he glared at the tree, thinking a lot of things he could have shouted, though only picked himself up off the ground and shook it off.

"Blasted things always jumping out before someone." He muttered stepping around the tree, a small lump growing on the side of his head...

Myrrh shook his head as his ears twitched listening to her 'laugh' at him. This brought a bit of pink tint to his silver and white face, though he whipped around to face her, though no glare was present. He merely watched the copper and cream mare with a seriousness about his features before he merely shrugged them off.

"They do when one isn't really paying attention." His voice a bit gruff as his head as slowly easing up on the pounding. "And no I'm not like my family. They are too happy and foalish for their own good. Like I've said before, I would wish I were an only child or have no family at all."

Turning around again he stepped past the tree that he had bumped into. The roots of the tree being above ground some, tripped him up, thus aggravating him more, though his stumble didn't land him on the ground, it certainly did make him just want to kick something. Though he kept himself composed the best her could, though this trip was starting to bother him and really he wasn't feeling himself for some reason...

Grinding his teeth, unseen, he turned his head back toward the mare as she spoke of him watching where he was going. Well if she hadn't been 'distracting' him, he might have been paying attention. Looking forward again he passed through another small clearing before turning and heading a little further. There he stopped and looked back at the mare, though something had startled him before he had completely stopped. Had she just nipped him on the shoulder? Playfully? Blinking a couple of times, Myrrh watched Sadie for a moment as the same action had startled even herself.

Stepping back a moment he returned the favor, raising his head a somewhat sweet smile on his silver and white face before he turned and headed deeper into the trees. His pace a bit brisk, was he trying to get away from her? Or perhaps he was in the 'playful' mood? That was settled as he yelled,

"Your it!"

back toward Sadie as he dashed through the trees. His earth colored tail swayed behind him. Ears turning back to listen, to see if she would follow him. Was this serious, realisticly thinking stallion actually connecting with his 'foal' self? Perhaps, but only time would tell if Sadie happened to follow him to someplace that he wouldn't commonly show anyone... His 'secret' place. Why he was leading her there... No clue, maybe he trusted this one to not speak of it, even if he hadn't even told her about it? Maybe...

Myrrh had slowed when he didn't hear her right after him. Almost stopping he looked back to see if she was really going to follow, almost turning back he caught the sounds of hooves coming his way. So maybe she was following him? Waiting a couple more moments before dashing again through the trees weaving and swerving. Trying his best not to get too far a head, but also not trying to get 'caught' either. Dashing through the low hanging branches and almost completely vanishing, Myrrh came to a halt in the middle of his secret place.

Turning his head to look back over his shoulder he wasn't sure if she would... Well... He didn't rightly know. Around him the trees shadowed the ground a good sized brook ran off to one side before falling down a small waterfall and vanishing to the lower part of his 'home'. Dancing over the central pond were fireflies, all fluttering and lighting up the small area around them. Other insects and birds made their home here and it never seemed to remain too quite unless everything was sleeping... Here it was peaceful away from the other more populated areas of the valley. Myrrh's secret spot and he hoped to try and keep it that way.

"I only hope she doesn't mind. Being she's the only one I brought here.." He muttered to himself stepping over to the pond glancing down at his own reflection, waiting for Sadie to catch up to him.