Wed Nov 20, 2013 8:42 pm by Songhue
While AuraSidra had experience in trading with the bear-folk, she was still a filly; the sight of the clear (if dusty) crystal shooting light all over the place from the multi-hued moss that illuminated it straight through had her literally falling from the tree.
She'd practiced until she could dismount her hanging position with something resembling grace thanks to the aid of her wings, but at that moment she sort of forgot all about that; in fact, she forgot she was in a tree. She did however remember fairly quickly once she landed on her head and inhaled a mouthful of snow.
Sputtering, she scrambled to her hooves and quickly brought her nose down to get a closer look. She didn't need to squint; her eyes were made for bright light. Between the glaring dual suns that blanketed her in warmth and the vast rolling hills of ice and snow that speckled her grass, her home would be downright blinding for most; this crystal didn't even begin to compare.
Do dey grow nat'rally in you cave? she asked, her speech taking a massive downward spike as she struggled to keep her jaw hinged. She had to have this. She had to get one for each of her bondmates, and maybe her bonded too, and maybe her bonded's clan, and certainly a whole slew saved up for the bearfolk who she was sure would be willing to give her a whole trunk full of honey, and maybe just one extra just for herself - after all, her mama had pretty charms in her tail, and her poppa had wind chimes in his cave - and oh, wouldn't that be perfect, to make a chime out of these crystals for him! -, why couldn't she have an ice palace that glowed? Because that is so what she would do, put this in the base of each of her ice spires and have it just blast that glow all over her home.
So maybe like twenty for herself.
Except...
Except if they didn't grow naturally, if there were only a few, she couldn't do that. And if there were only a few, even trading one would be worth a lot of sweets; bees would make more honey, but if it was limited then there wouldn't be any more of these.
She couldn't take all of Spectrum's pretty trinkets away. Even if her chest did squeeze from desire.
