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Yazmina had heard stories about the healers among the unicorns and even her kind. As she'd gotten older, the urge to learn exactly how the power--the medicine--worked had gotten stronger, until she'd taken to asking questions of those who might know.

She'd had some plants pointed out to her that would help heal hurts and take away aches and pains. One of them grew right here, along the river, but the biggest, healthiest plant she'd found grew on the inside of the riverbank, arcing out over the water. And Yazmina wasn't Dia. She wasn't as fond of the water as the palomino mare. But if she had to go in the water to get what she needed...

She waded, almost gingerly, off the bank and out as deep as she dared. She didn't want to have to swim and pick at the same time. One careful step after another, she got close enough to the leafy bush to tug off a piece. She'd just turned back to the shore and headed that way when a rear foot slipped, she flailed and slapped her wings against the water for balance...

And inhaled the bit of plant she'd been carrying. She coughed a couple of times, but no, it wasn't coming out. Oh dear. Oh dear indeed...

Yazmina coughed another few times and croaked a, "Yes," before she cleared it and tried again. "I'm fine, thank you," she said as she waded toward the shore again, cheeks pink. "Embarrassed," she amended, "but fine. I just. Swallowed something I shouldn't have." She tipped her ear back toward the bush as if it might say something. Or tell her what to do. "But I think I'll be all right." She hoped.

And anyway, she wasn't alone. She smiled for the stallion and did her best not to look worried. "Thank you for asking. I'm Yazmina and not usually this silly. Forgive me."

"Khirsah. That's a nice name," Yazmina said. "And thank you to your mother," she added with a little laugh. "It's always good to have people who can help if you need them." Which she hoped she wouldn't. So the plant was supposed to make someone a little sleepy as well as making them feel better, but she didn't feel sleepy yet. How awkward it would be to fall asleep in a first meeting!

She shook herself. "Were you just coming to have a drink? Or maybe to swim..."

"I try to help where I can," Yazmina admitted. "It's a good thing to do. You never know when you might really be needed. Something important could happen, after all." She smiled and shrugged her wings. "I was gathering herbs, actually. Or trying to at least." Blushing a bit, she confessed, "I think I ate one, though."

She was in no danger of falling asleep immediately, at any rate. In a few minutes or half an hour? Who knew? But for now she was wide awake. She noticed his shifting about and it made her want to do the same. She kept herself still, though. She'd already admitted her embarrassing mistake with the herb. She didn't need to wiggle like a filly at the same time.

"I. Oh." She smiled. "I'm an alicorn," she explained. "Horns and wings are just the way we are." She swung her tail a bit, tipping a wing down so she could see it move before she looked back at the stallion. "Some of us have tails like this, like unicorns, I suppose. Others have a tail like yours. That depends on family."

She tilted her head, then. "You've never seen one of my kind before?"

Walking was probably for the best, all things considered. It would keep her awake and hopefully coherent. She gave herself a little shake, wingfeathers lifting slightly before they settled and smoothed again. "I don't mind," she said. "It's a nice enough day that walking won't be too hot or too tiring. And," she added, "it's nice to meet you."

Yazmina hadn't forgotten, but it was nothing worth alarming the stallion over. If she felt the need, she'd say something. For now, though, she felt more or less the way she always did, so she walked along beside him without a complaint.

"You must have been born here, to have family nearby. Do you have any favorite places? What would you say is a place that must be seen, in these lands. Something that, if I left tomorrow, I should see before i go?"

Another stallion that came from a large family. It was wonderful that there was such a focus on finding and making families here. It reminded her of home, though the families she knew, including her own, were not usually as large as these.

Ears tipped forward attentively, she smiled at him. "It's always good to go home once in a while," she said. "And these seem like very safe lands to travel through. Oh, the mountains. My home is--was--in the mountains as well. I loved to watch the sun set and paint the land with all those colors, when I was younger. It was as pretty, I thought, to watch the sun come up as well."

She tilted her head. "Have far have you traveled as you wander?"