Re: Inspiration in strange places
"I tend to come here for similar reasons. I wonder how much else we have in common?" The comment was light and playful, social in all the right ways. However, he felt it could have been taken rudely, as him being grossly forward, and a subtle blush made the gold of his fur seem to glow like smoldering coals. He hadn't thought anything of the closeness, he often sat near those he felt comfortable around, as he did with Hellion. She just had a presence that felt familiar and safe. She reminded him of... him, in many ways.
Her voice was a painful chorus of disbelief, who had hurt her confidence and wild spirit so? Such a mare should have been so much more arrogant, but in a good way. He frowned and gave her a look of concern before offering a soft smile, hoping to ease her into perhaps talking about her life since they'd last met, so that maybe he could piece the puzzle together himself.
"Well of course. I... don't exactly have much in the way of social skills and so my companionship is lacking. It is always refreshing to meet a good aquaintance, someone compatible. Though I'm sure it comes as a shock to someone like yourself who I imagine is rarely caught by lonelyness." A lot of what he'd said was chancy, it could be taken the wrong way as an insult if she was looking for a reason to be upset. But she'd never been that way, he'd always found her very level headed. There was no way he thought she'd ever question or second guess herself.
Strange times these were.
