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Wow, the forest looked so different in the autumn. It almost seemed..brighter? If only because there was more light shining through the trees and the leaves were all mostly orange and yellow. They were very pretty! Today Tyyne had decided she'd mix it up a bit, take a walk in the forest since it'd been so long. It wasn't the park, it wasn't home, it definitely wasn't the beach and it wasn't the flower shop. It was something different. She was very surprised to see a small herd of deer go dashing by her in a frightened manner, blinking and just staring at them. They were all so graceful and pretty...she was slightly awkward. But she was pretty, right? Evari said she was...and why would Evari lie about that? She was stupid, she broke promises a lot, and she was incredibly stubborn and greedy but Tyyne had never known her sister to be a liar. Maybe she should follow them? She didn't see anything chasing after them...but they were gone now, Tyyne knew she wouldn't be able to find them.

And so Tyyne continued on, pausing when the sound of running water got her attention. Water...? Like, a river? Her ears flicked and she turned her head in the direction of the sound, rubbing at the back of her neck and briefly turning her eyes up to the scale in her hair. No, it couldn't be...not twice in a row. What were the chances? And yet despite the nagging fear that maybe Leviathan would be there somehow Tyyne found herself heading toward the water, peering over a bush when she was close enough. She froze when she saw someone else there, someone blue and reptilian looking. Leviathan?! Oh, no. Just a boy..

...A...a boy covered in blood! Tyyne nearly fainted, skittering back noisily with her hands clasped over her mouth. Blood! He was covered in blood! Why?! W-was he hurt? Oh no! If he was hurt she should check on him...but what if it wasn't his blood? Did he kill something?! W-was he why the deer were scared?!

Oh no! He was coming closer! Tyyne stumbled back a bit more with a whimper, doing her best to stay quiet despite really failing at it. Her ears were perked high and her eyes were wide, really wanting to get away from him. "P-pleasedon'teatme!" She cried, looking around desperately. They were near water, right? Right? They were! A-and this water had to come from somewhere which meant maybe Leviathan was here like he'd been here last time, right? Right?!

Tyyne never thought in a million years there would come a day she wished Leviathan was around. Surely if he adored her as much as he claimed he'd protect her from this scary boy who had been covered in blood only moments ago! She didn't even want to know where the blood came from. "I promise I'm no good! I-I cry and I scream and I'm probably not very good to eat anyway!"

"Wh-why were you covered in so much blood?!" Tyyne asked with fright, shaking as she backed away until her backside bumped against a tree. Gah! W-was she cornered now?! Her head whipped up to stare up at the tree that was behind her, the blue and gold scale in her hair glinting in the light as she did. At his promise not to eat her...she still wasn't exactly sure if she could trust him.

Well no...maybe it was true? Clearly he must have eaten something to get all that blood on him, she just didn't want to know what, so maybe he was full enough that he didn't need to eat her because he'd already been fed! It made total sense...yes. "Youpromise?" She asked just to make sure she'd heard right. If he still promised she'd...er...well, she didn't know what she'd do but it'd feel better if she heard him say it again!

So it was something he ate. That was terrifying! Tyyne felt better when he assured her of his promise, about to relax and maybe even introduce herself when she heard a very familiar nickname. A nickname that sent shivers down her spine and made a hot blush rush to her cheeks, suddenly rubbing at them and clearing her throat. The deer princess? Eh...sh-she really wished she wasn't. She really, really wished she wasn't. Tyyne whined, tugging at her ears and about to protest that she wasn't a princess when the boy introduced himself. Wait, she knew that name. How did she know that name?

"A-Arlen? Like...Leviathan's Arlen?" Thaaaat explained it. Tyyne frowned, her pink cheeks puffing a bit. That was why he called her the deer princess. "Don't tell me he has you thinking I'm a princess too...I've tried and I've tried but he insists on calling me his deer princess." She sighed heavily, crossing her arms over her chest and nudging a pebble around. "I'm not a princess...my name's Tyyne."

So he was 'General Arlen', he looked...close to what she had been expecting. Sort of. She imagined someone more dragon-like like Leviathan was. Tyyne blinked and watched as he bowed for her, a bit thrown off by an action she had never seen anyone do for her. Was he bowing because Leviathan had him convinced she was some kind of deer princess? Greeeeat. Just great. "You don't need to bow...a-and I can assure you, he thinks I'm a princess but I'm not a princess. I'm not a princess at all. Not in the slightest." Tyyne felt she was the furthest thing from a princess! And yet Leviathan and Enyo insisted on calling her 'Princess'. She didn't like it, the name didn't seem suitable for her. Princesses were supposed to be so many things Tyyne just wasn't! It didn't seem right or comfortable for them to keep calling her by that title whether it be because it was just a nickname or because they were...just...insane and delusional.

"Sweets? Like...candy?" Tyyne blinked. "I don't eat them very often...n-not because I don't like them! Just I...prefer other stuff." Like fruits, vegetables..healthy things. Anything not meat. Sweets weren't meat but she still preferred an apple over a cookie any day. But she eyed the bag being held out to her, looking like she was considering it. A treat wouldn't hurt...

"But even still...I..." Tyyne frowned and huffed a little. She wasn't a princess; princesses were pretty and graceful and elegant, they wore pretty dresses and did...princessy things! Tyyne wasn't any of those things...except maybe graceful, she could jump and prance very easily. And she really only stumbled on stairs or when one of her hooves got stuck in something, which she couldn't exactly help. She'd gotten better with stairs though! It was going down them she had the most trouble with. A step here a step there was alright, she just couldn't handle...flights of stairs. At Arlen's compliment she suddenly blushed and just stared. Because she was pretty? Was that why Leviathan liked her? She rubbed her lips together for a moment, her heart racing at the memory of their most recent encounter. He'd wanted her to do that...boys didn't just give permission for girls they didn't find pretty to kiss them, right? Guess...it made a little bit of sense. But only a little, she still wasn't very sure at all.

Her blush began to fade when he got out the taffy, blinking and peering at the one in his hand. Taffy? She'd never had that before. "Ah, yes...fruits...vegetables. I can't eat meat, just seeing it makes me feel sick." She admitted with a sigh, though she really didn't regret that or anything. She was fine with not eating any meat; she didn't need it. There were other ways to get the nutrients one would normally get from meat, right? Tyyne reached out to take one of the taffies, picking out a pink one first. "What are they?" She asked as she unwrapped one, blinking and picking at it curiously. It was sticky! Weird...so she just chewed it? Tyyne put it in her mouth and started to chew on the weird candy, her ears perking and her eyes widening as she made a happy little 'mmmm!' noise. It was delicious! She couldn't exactly tell him this right now but it was clear she liked it!