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[CrimsonMoon]

Enya blinks up at her mother in confusion from were she was braiding stalks of grass into a tiny crown that the Hunter had taught her to make. When she had opened her eyes, they were a bright steel grey unlike either of her parents'. Alas, she was the white sheep in a black sheep's flock literally.

" She'll speak when she's ready," The Hunter pats Adharra's shoulder gently with his calloused hand," But... Adharra... I think it's time we left."

[~echo~]

(It's Athdara xD)

Athdara looked up at him, drastically more trusting than she had been at first. "Perhaps. How will we get into the city without being found out?"

[CrimsonMoon]

" By telling the truth, that is the only way," He murmurs," I've already gone ahead and iformed the Master of the temple of your coming so... Hopefully there is not too mch of a fuss if we travel through the coty at night,"

[~echo~]

Athdara looked at Anya and Uanys... Uanys looked so much like his father but she didn't see him everytime she looked at him. She gazed back at the Hunter. "I am ready. Will it be tonight?"

[CrimsonMoon]

If we leave now, we'll reach the city by night fall, than we can go on," he corrects with a sly crooked smile. He glances back at little Anya who was staring at him with wide eyes and twitching with excitement, the little shawl she had received from him was too large but.. She would grow so it made her look even tinier

[~echo~]

Athdara nodded. "Very well. Let's go," she said, getting her own shawl and wrapping it around her shoulders before standing. She gathered her herbs for Enya and beckoned to Uanys. "Where are we going, mother?" he asked innocently. "We are going to go somewhere safer."

[CrimsonMoon]

Enya quickly gets to her hooves, still carrying her little grass crown in her delicate hands as se kept working on it intensely. Not even a peep.

The Hunter offers Athdarra a saddle bag he had fashioned to lay over her back easily to carry food and such necessities. He carried his own large pack and that left the foals free," Come on, I can walk, it will take longer but we will not get there before nightfall..." He smiles slightly and already starts off, his bow and arrows slung over one shoulder

[~echo~]

Athdara gratefully took the saddle bag and put it on her horse half back. She smiled at him and kept a watchful eye on Uanys- she trusted Enya not to run away. She looked at Enya for a second and smiled at her. "That is a beautiful crown," she said.

[CrimsonMoon]

Enya glances up and smiles at her mother one of her rare smiles that rose to the surface every now and than when the little centauress came out of her shell.

The Hunter glances back and crookedly smiles as he keeps walking

[~echo~]

Athdara patted the foal's head and glanced over her shoulder warily at the forest... always she felt like she was being watched...

[CrimsonMoon]

The hunter turns around to walk backwards," Come on, i'm slow but i'm not dead," he chuckles

[~echo~]

She smiled at him, still a little bit of fear in her eyes. "I'm sorry." Uanys had run a little bit ahead and was chasing a butterfly around.

[CrimsonMoon]

" No worries," He muses and spins in small circles, keeping an rye on the child

[~echo~]

When they finally reached the town, it was nightfall and it was already dark. Athdara forced Uanys to stay close and hold her hand while her other hand held Enya's. She looked around as they approached the gates. "I never liked human cities," she grumbled to herself.

[CrimsonMoon]

" You've never been in one, so don't judge," he laughs lightly and pats her flank. Walking past the guardsnear the gate and speaking to them quietly

[~echo~]

She winced at the touch, going back for a second to the thought of Ceadda... She carefully watched the Hunter while he talked to the guards.

[CrimsonMoon]

The guards look up and over Adharra and her foals before answering the Hunter. Immediately, he took on a tone like a snarling of a wolf," I may have once been the Varja of Survival but no longer... I'm just a simple hunter... But that does not give you an excuse to act in such an insolent way toward me!"

The guard flinces away, struggling to keep calm. Enya presses against her mother, hugging Athdarra's arm and watching

[~echo~]

Athdara watched with wary eyes, still ready to sprint away as fast as possible. She gave Enya's hand a reassuring squeeze. "It will be alright, dear." Uanys watched in fascination.

[CrimsonMoon]

"- and if you ever treat another one of your elders in such a way, i am positive the Gods themselves will strike down your chances of luck or happiness. Now I will ask again, child-" his voice was deadly calm now while the other guard seemed to already e moving to open the gate,"-open the gate for us." Alas this wasn't much of a question but a command that was not one to be ignored.

Enya smiles slightly and nods, resting her cheek against Athdarra's arm. By than the gate had swung open enough for them to squeeze through, The Hunter thanks the guard sarcastically before motioning for the centaurs to follow him.

[~echo~]

Athdara avoided the guards eyes but stared straight ahead and followed swiftly after Hunter. She caught up swiftly with the children in tow. "Are they always like that towards you?"