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The wind whipped bangs into warm brown eyes, a crisp winter breeze against sweated flesh. Her forelegs reached out, hooves gripping the frozen earth, throwing her forwards. Her hindquarters moved in unison, kicking up dirt as she galloped headlong.

She was a racehorse at heart. If it were permissable, she would have a woman on her back and a bit clenched between her teeth. Running was...exhilarating. It wore out the nerves that kept her moving 24/7 like a little coffee jumping bean. It made her feel as if she could fly, even when she didn't have wings. The only one of her sisters who didn't, in fact.

Slowly she slowed to a trot. She was going nowhere inparticular. No one caught her eye. Soquili were about, but they were just shells. As she pulled to a halt, she browsed the grounds, then settled down to graze.

The stench of fear burned the nose of the young mare, her head jerking up instinctively. She heard hoofbeats and she could smell the panic coming off of another in waves, but her sight was limited. No one seemed--OH.

She stumbled forwards a few steps, whipping her head around to come face to face with a feminine purple mare, her white mane disheveled and her eyes wide, the whites showing.

"H-Heya. No worries," she chirped, dancing to the side and nudging the stranger on the shoulder. "I'm Lani. What're you running from?" Lani looked up, scanning the horizon, but nothing seemed out of place.

A Kalona... Fanged beasts with wide leathery wings and tails like deadly whips. Lani grinned at the idea. They were lethally beautiful. She could understand why Duskai, this mare, would run, but she couldn't say she'd do the same...

"Just a bird?" Why would you run from a bird? "It's safe now, though, right?" Not that she was worried. She just wanted to keep the new mare talking. To keep her from going into shock...or something.

"Skittish isn't a bad thing," Lani smiled, chocolate eyes bright. "Sometimes, though, you're skittish because you've got too much energy. Like myself, for example. D'ya wanna run with me? I mean, ya don't have to, but maybe you'll run out your nervous energy?"

How could she only -think- running was fun? Running was, quite literally, a blast. Lani just wished that as fast as she could gallop, she could open up her wingspan and take to the skies just as quickly, just like her sisters did. But she'd only fly in her dreams with invisible raven wings.

Trotting circles around the older mare, Lani pranced from hoof to hoof, snorting like a filly as she bobbed her head. "Ready then, Duskai?"

Lani threw her head up, falling into place beside the dark-pelted mare. As Duskai scuffed at the ground, Lani's own lavender hooves bit the earth as well. "Ready?" She gazed over at the newfound excitement in Duskai's grin. "Seeeeeetttttttttttttt...."

Her muscles tensed and she was ready to spring at once. "GO!" And her hooves leapt out from under her in one big bound.