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Karupin opened his blue eyes slowly, blinking away the last remnants of sleep. He yawned before climbing to her legs and stretching, bending down forward and then back up to his regular stance. He tossed his long mane, heading out from underneath the oak tree that usually served as his napping place. It was still sunny out, Karupin had actually expected to have been sleeping till it was past dark again, it was a bit of a relief for it to still be sunny out since nighttime was scary for a little guy like him. He chuckled a bit, walking through the grass and leaves as well that were on the ground. It was well into autumn now, leaves were falling and falling and falling, well it was understood that the leaves were continuously not so much on their trees but on the ground instead, ah that was autumn. He chuckled again.

He pranced a little bit, switching it up that he was almost bouncing through the grass and trying to avoid the fallen leaves as much as he possibly could. It was a game and Karupin was definitely enjoying himself. He did it for a little bit more and then stopped, instead going to a light trot. He passed by many trees as he continued on his merry way, he passed little critters too but Karupin had no time for little chit-chat, no he had important things to do. For one, he needed something in his stomach, badly. To accentuate that he was indeed very hungry, his stomach gave a loud rumbling gurgling sound. "What to eat, what to eat. So many decisions and must make one because this belly of mine won't fit all that I want to eat inside of it." He voiced his thoughts while going over the many choices of food in his head.

Now, Karupin was in a daze at the moment, still thinking on what to eat that he hardly noticed the winged Soquili. The first indication of the others presence was when he heard the voice. His head turned in the direction of the voice, blue eyes curious at what the commotion was all about. He couldn't help himself, a smile formed as he watched the others choice in sparring partner. He laid himself down, watching still.

He was a little guy, probably still bigger than Karupin was but it was obvious that this one had not reached adulthood yet. That was fine with him, foals seemed easier to get along with anyhow, perhaps because of the more closer height range. But nah Karupin was always all right with adults, so it couldn't be that.

"Ooh." Karupin's eyes widened as the little guy took flight, not that high off the ground but still mighty impressive for an Usdia who had never seen a Soquili flying before. "Uh oh." Karupin backed away quickly as the foal came flying back towards him.

He eyed the other, thoughtfully. He was a strange one but something about him made Karupin even more curious. "Oh really?" Karupin was in disbelief, this one's mother was his size? Karupin just could not fathom that, normal mare Soquili were always bigger than him, there just was no way this foal could have a mother Karupin's size.

"And your mother and this Sweet fellow are truly my size?" Karupin asked, surprise evident in his voice. "I can't imagine them to be my size, for normal Soquili are so much taller." He shook his head, it just could not be true, right?

"My friend's call me Karupin, so you may call me that too, yes?" He chuckled a little, it was a sort of dumb introduction to himself but it allowed him to laugh, if just for a little bit. Karupin enjoyed laughter. Happiness was 100% better than any other emotion, after all.

"That was good of her. Adopting you and raising you. Better than being all alone in the world, you've had the taste of love, family, heck maybe even competition among siblings if you've got them? That Sweet your brother? Or sister?" Karupin was curious about Claude, he'd been an adult for awhile now and well his parents had passed on.

Claude seemed to come from a good home and size didn't matter even though admittedly Karupin had never heard of such a thing before. He needed to get out more, meet more Soquili and see the numerous differences they all had among one another.

"Really? I never knew that. I've never considered that you can tell a lot about a Soquili, just by the name they've been given. That's very interesting." Karupin nodded, thinking on it. "Claude, Claude." He repeated slowly to himself. "I don't think I have the talent for it, guess there's practice needed with it or your mother has a real gift for getting to know a Soquili, just by their name."

His stomach gave a bit of a rumble. Karupin sheepishly grinned. "Truthfully, I'm in these parts because of my stomach. Can't live without food." He chuckled, feeling embarrassed by the sounds of his hungry belly.

"And are you considered a knight now?" Karupin was curious, he never met a Soquili who was a knight before. It was a new experience for him. "Ah, so he is your brother."

"She sounds like an amazing mother. I'd like to meet her someday, see what she thinks of my name." He laughed, though he did wonder what she might see, just by his name.

Karupin watched as Claude fluttered his wings, he had momentarily forgot about them. "Lead away, I'm definitely hungry." He was, as another rumble came from his stomach. He came closer to Claude, ready to head off. His blue eyes looked at the wings again. "Are you able to fly well? I've never encountered a Soquili with wings before."

"The training seems like it'd be a challenge. But you gotta do what you gotta do." He nodded, walking along with Claude. He didn't know where they were going but Claude seemed like he knew, hopefully he did since admittedly Karupin had gotten lost many times before and it wasn't something he enjoyed. But perhaps getting lost by yourself was less enjoyable than it was with others? Perhaps.

"I think you may be the steed, makes sense." He chuckled. "I have a lion, name is Kadri. She can be a pain sometimes, our personalities conflict many times but I do enjoy her company though lately she's been taken to stay at a teepee with this male lion so I've been alone more often." He continued to walk, to the location that Claude was taking them to.

He smiled. Claude sure loved his mother, though she did sound like an amazing mare so that was understandable. Hearing such affection, made him miss his mom. He could remember her being kind and loving, she had passed on by the time he reached adulthood as did his dad and that had been a long time ago. But still he missed them.

"It would be best to be taught how to fly by a grown winged Soquili, you could get hurt trying it on your own." Karupin nodded. He hurried to catch after Claude, they may be somewhat similar in height but Claude was still taller and with Karupin's short legs it was harder to keep up. Also, foals tended to have more energy than adults did and Karupin had definitely been an adult for awhile now.