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 Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 6:23 am
That was an unexpected response. The stallion quirked a brow at Aruna, doubting her sincerity. Her notion to cover it did not discourage his soft smile though, and he shrugged off the tangent with a slight nod. If she did not care to sieze the opportunity, he didn't either. Coming to some form of silent truce was hardly a bad thing.
"Sounds familiar," Kael murmered, alluding to nothing in particular, and he didn't bother clarifying. "No shame in that." Her shift in expression did come to his attention, but he thought it best not to question. Personal matters were exactly that - Personal matters, and he didn't care to pry.
And though her chipper (almost uncharacteristic) change in subjects did catch him off guard, he took it in stride, much like a graceful leap over a fallen log, as if it really wasn't so unexpected after all. It was a welcome change in pace, in any case. He had nothing to hide.
"Most everything catches my eye, but somehow I think that's not quite what you meant." The stallion gave his tail an idle flick, brushing it along the grasses at his feet. "No, I can't say there has, and that suits me just fine." It would take a tolerant, secure mare to accept his pleasing nature... For with it came a tendancy for unreserved compliments.
"And what about yourself?" How could he resist turning her question back on her? "Surely a lovely mare such as yourself has quite the entourage to choose from." Kael fixed her with a surprisingly earnest expression, only the corner of his maw curled in the faintest of grins.
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:35 am
"I see," she said, musing slightly. "Ah... so my question is turned against me, is it?" She smiled, though it was fairly dour; maybe more grim. "I'd rather not think or talk about it. If you want, and if you're quite curious, I'll relay the story. I'm quite over it, but I still despise having to think what I went through.
"But yes, I do have quite an entourage, if you could call it that," she said with dry humor, golden eyes twinkling mischeviously. He might not have had any mare so far to have caught his interest, but that was fine. If he hadn't, then he hadn't. She wasn't one to try and dig through another Soquili's personal life, though sometimes she found it amusing to do so.
She had watched him closely to see if he had had any change in expression, but she could just barely catch a glimpse of even a gentle smile, which seemed to flare on his face for a split second before vanishing altogether. He looked like he had a grin on his face, but not really. She shrugged. "If I had to choose, I would choose to never come to know such an emotion anymore.
"But I would..." Love to have children. That, and Father's wanting to be a grandfather. I've also heard that Nora's gotten pregnant. Who's the father, I wonder? At any rate... She was to be aunt, at least, and she was satisfied with that, for now. She loved children (she probably got that from her father as well, hmmm...) though she did get tired of their constant movements.
Ah, well. Life was life. Things like that would eventually happen to her. She hoped. And whoever the "lucky" father was... she didn't want to think about that.
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 12:31 pm
Wasn't it generally best not to inquire about topics you were uncomfortable with yourself? Reversal was only inevitable; the flow of conversation, even. It struck him as a little peculiar Aruna avoided it, but he merely granted her a nod. "That's unfortunate, I'm sorry to hear it." Kael's ears tilted briefly, flicking back in a faint display of displeasure. "Wouldn't ask you to retell it, 'over it' or not." He wasn't that curious, and it wasn't his business anyway.
"Undoubtedly... Would you call it something else?" he asked randomly, curiously raising a brow. Aruna may not have sounded annoyed by this 'enterouge', but he found it difficult to read her vague expression. Maybe she had a different take on it.
He didn't pay any heed to his mutual lack of emotion though; it wasn't that he was stoic intentionally. The stallion really didn't even think of himself as 'stoic' persay... Just subdued and not overly excitable. It suited him, and he wouldn't have had it any other way. He didn't have much to cover anyway, as his social interactions didn't extend far past family.
"Why would you deny yourself that?" Kael had guesses, of course. She sounded pained; her feelings were probably severed unwillingly. Clinging to a memory seemed foolish though, even if it was understandable. Buck up and move on, he reasoned. And from what he understood, mutual love far outweighed the pitfalls of disappointment. I'm certain deserving love will find you if only you'll open your heart to it., he mused.
"But you would...?" The stallion tilted his head quizzically, somewhat lost as she drifted to tangents of thoughts. He couldn't even begin to puzzle out what she was thinking; families and foals were all but at the front of his mind. He was more of a 'take things as they come' individual, reveling in the moment, though he did suppose he'd settle down one day. And he did want to love and be loved.
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 1:11 pm
"I would like to go with the flow," Aruna said, deciding to add something different instead of saying her thoughts. "I'm sorry, Kael, I didn't realize I had trailed off." She wondered what he thought about if for a minute, then realized that he was a stallion. A male. She almost laughed, though her mouth did twitch a big with amusement.
He looked like the kind of male to do things as they came; she would love to do that, but she held herself back. She didn't know why, really; she just did. Ah, well. She was a swing of moods; or so she'd heard, but whatever happened, it was all she really could do. Not that she was helping herself to understand herself.
Damn, she was confusing herself. Okay, take a silent deep breath, Aruna, she thought, and did so. She also realized she had skipped over an earlier questioned Kael had asked. "Oh, I don't know why I would deny myself. I guess you can say I'm waiting and doing what I can right now, really."
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 1:49 pm
The mare's snap back to reality crossed him unnaturally, like a hastily tacked-on comment not exactly related to its origin... It was an outright contradiction, and mentally he accepted the former. The 'I would choose never to know such an emotion' statement sounded more genuine. "Nothing to apologize for. I hope they were pleasent thoughts," he added somewhat absently.
And what was she so amused over? That tucked away grin was her first real crack in expression, and was difficult not to notice. It was also difficult not to feel a what did I miss? sensation, as he hadn't the faintest idea what could have struck her as funny. "Do I have something stuck on me that shouldn't be?" he jested, making a brief act of checking himself over and swishing his tail. It was a short-lived facade though, and he settled quickly into his previous posture.
His thoughts settled almost as simply, dropping the faint discomfort with ease appropriate to its unimportance. He found himself pondering again instead... About how he'd earlier figured Aruna one to dwell. Kael resolved then not to let himself fall into that, no matter what. He would grow and move on, accepting the past as a cherished experience, regardless how bitter or bittersweet. Granted, he couldn't help but hope life was all spring and roses, but he did brace himself for difficulty.
"Waiting for what?" It was a more personal question than he usually ventured, but somehow seemed appropriate. Maybe it was because Aruna sounded as though she almost wasn't sure herself.
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Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:44 am
"Pleasant thoughts, indeed," she murmured. Aruna's amusement rose at his odd question, for Kael had nothing on him. She assumed he was joking as he asked, however, and let it pass. Now that she thought of it, it was as if she was throwing pebbles into a lake with him.
His emotions were as ripples on the water created by the pebbles that were her words, appearing as fast as he liked it before settling down to what he was before. He was an interesting character to talk with, though she doubted the flow of conversation would stay on topic, since she herself often changed subjects.
"Waiting for what, you ask? I'm not sure how I would explain it to you," she answered in turn, but as she answered, she sounded still unsure; probably more doubtful. She couldn't really think of anything that would give her a stable, sure answer. Tsk. She was turning into her brother; they were both quite unstable in the mind now, weren't they?
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Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:19 am
Indeed? That was a rather offhanded way of brushing off a fairly harmless comment. He sighed inwardly at her sudden reservations, but shrugged off the disappointment and set his sights instead on the continued conversation (or lack thereof). She wasn't going to make it easy on him, was she? Aruna wouldn't even give him the satisfaction of feigning relief to hear he had nothing to worry about.
"Same as you'd explain it to yourself, I expect," he replied before really thinking. "No matter though, don't worry about it. I was only wondering, I'd hate to bother you." His voice remained even and calm, with a gentle overtone that should have made it easy to accept he really didn't mind either way. Granted, he would have preferred she explained herself (for her sake as much as his), but he wasn't inclined to badger her.
"That's all anyone has, anyway. The ability to do the best we can with what we've got. It sounds like a good plan to me." Perfection was, after all, an unrealistically tall order, even if it was something worth shooting for. He would have liked to offer more appropriate assistance too, but Aruna was anything but open, and he found it difficult to intrepret her notions at times. She probably wouldn't have appreciated it anyway.
Giving his tail another flick, he started again. "Speaking of plans, do you happen to have any for this fine day?" The stallion figured the answer was no before he even asked, but it seemed a good time to interrupt a potientally uncomfortable circumstance with smalltalk. She could dismiss it if she'd rather not bother, or take it as an opportunity to change subjects without initiating it herself... Whichever suited her, he didn't particularly care.
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 8:01 am
Maybe it was the way he moved, or maybe it was just Kael himself, but whatever it was, he was grating on her nerves. She just couldn't seem to get through to him from between the lines, nor did he seem to appear able to let her interpret him as such. Things were getting complicated, weren't they?
"You really are..." she paused then, trying to figure out the right word. "Heh. You really are something, Kael. I can't say the right word besides that." His calm, even tone disturbed her slightly, but even he himself would more than likely be curious about her life. He didn't seem the time to annoy someone, but the way he was he might as well have bothered someone to eternity.
"I suppose we both agree on that one," Aruna said, allowing an ear to lay back. "To do the best we can, I mean." She paused momentarily to think on what she should say. She found it amusing that, out of all the other stallions, Kael couldn't tell what her emotions were. Come to think of it, not many knew what she felt unless they really listened to how she spoke or how her eyes flickered with each emotion that passed.
"Plans? I have none for today," she answered, his question finally processing in her mind. She didn't have much of anything to do that day; she had mostly been out wandering to see if she could find anything interesting to do, and here it was. Sort of. Kael was a mystery within a mystery, to say the least...
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 8:38 am
That was a comment out of left field. What did he have to do with anything at hand? It was a matter of expression, not his personal intrigue. The spontaneity of it was really somewhat amusing; he even cracked a grin. "Same to you, m'lady," he murmered, flicking an ear. Though he wasn't sure if she meant anything ill by it, perhaps her reaction to the return would provide some insight. And if she did... Well, he'd ponder that if he came to it.
((Will finish later, sorry. Didn't want to lose this but no time to finish now.))
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