Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:16 pm by Songhue
My - my bond-mates?
He took her by surprise with the question. Perhaps he wasn't as simple as he had seemed. There may be a soul left in there after all.
The concept of having been so damaged as to lose all personality, any sense of self or trace of a true soul - well, it just disgusted her. She suffered to the point of insanity and still wasn't so hollow.
But then, perhaps he wasn't either. Not if he was beginning to reveal this curiosity about tastes, about others of his kind.
Buying herself a moment, she snatched her own peach and quickly spat out the seed, whickering out a snort as juice dripped down her chin. Mmmm.
I do enjoy peaches, yes. It's been a while since I had one; they're not a favorite, yet it does make for a rather good change.
Frolic grabbed another and scratched up against the tree, gathering her thoughts. What are her bonded-mates like...
My bond-mates are... Well they are my bond-mates. They're different. I have quite a few. Caustic, the strongest of us all, he's come by and merely sat with me before. He has to come with our bonded, so she can fix the death he trails behind him; half my rain forest would be dust if not for that, with as much as he's visited. You get used to his presence, after a bit. He tends to... To have an acidic tendency on just about anything. Everything you think you are, everything you wrap yourself up in, he erodes that until there's nothing left. Nothing but the very stone of your core. No sense of identity, no illusions of self image. It's merely his nature. He's bitter, jaded and corrosive; and I like him the best.
She shrugged, blinking the thought-mist out of her eyes as he nibbled on another peach and regarded this SunSpot before her. Hmmm. She'd never really thought about what the others were like before. It wasn't surprising that Caustic was the first to come to mind. She had spent the most time with him, even more than Sparkle or Sign; the only one she'd been with more than him was her bonded.
She knew he wasn't one to mate, or she might have entertained the thought of seducing him into her circle.
Too bad. They would have handsome foals together.
And this time, she would get it right.
