#rivervale_lodge

"I mean, mostly okay now, I guess."

"Lot of changes... more to come I bet. They come in threes" She nods and sips

Scowl.

"So who else are we losing?"

"NNot always lose. Magailta? She's getting a Togail.. transitioning to Wilder. SO akward"

"Well, you had a tough one, too."

"Maybe I'm lucky I chrysalized already a wilder."

"I hardly had an ordinary one, so you miggh have been okay" She assures "You're tough"

"I mean, part of me wishes I coulda gotten here sooner, that I had more time..."

"Yeah, and it's easy to say you gotta live in the now but geez oh pete, what's the point of being fae souled if we can't wonder right? Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if my mom and dad had lived and moved here with me and Uncle Vali. They were Kinian, not kithain, but they would have been SUCH a big help I bet. Mom would have loved Anne Marie, and I like to think Dad would make friends with the Mounain"

She nods.

"It's not like you aren't grateful for what you have..."

"For a while you know I wasn't, not as much as I should have been, but yeah. Now I realize how lucky I've got it. Tiffany's actually a pretty cool aunt type. She's like an action girl with bad subitles"

Smile.

"Tiff seems okay, yeah."

"Yeah. I think it bums her she isn' always understood. " A brow "Did you know she got sexually harrassed when she was in the miliary? The guy who did it got spooked or something she was gonna tell but of course she couldn't but he made some bullshit stuff up first when she defended herself... and she got a dishonorable! "

"Bullshit." Scowl.

"Happenned" She nods "I had a devil of a ime getting the whole story but uncle Vali filled me in. Good news? No one screws with a pooka when the rules no longer applied"

"Not saying it didn't happen. Just... that's bullshit."

"Oh yeah, right there with you, but Metoo wasn't really going strong and.. well armed forces has a dark side . Apparetnly she tracked him down, doggo form, ad learned a few things. Unfortunately by the time she got her revenge she was lost with no purpose. Thatt's when she was in baltimore, and saved her Damsel"

"And happily ever after."

"More or less... she still puts her cold feet against him when he tries to sleep."

A sniicker "I hear him yelp"

"Ha."

"Hey, I know you know this, but if you ever need transport to visit Sylvi or anywhere you want to catch up with a friend... I'll take you if I can. You know, Lavender in Silverwolf or whatever. Margilta's going into her early wilderhood, I'm gonna have REASON to slip out now and henn just to avoid the drama like I used to cause"

"Dunno. Sylvi will be busy."

"Yeah, but even busy people need breaks, non boyfriend related breaks" She says "I mean, I'm crazy about Wudlig but... when things..." A blush "nevermind. Lame of me"

"What?"

A blush "okay, Wudlig and I.. he's not PUSHING...but sometimes I WANT Things to get further than they should and...I worry I won't stop in time. I mean, Hearth Kerri told me about it but ...she's right. I need fall backs and ways out to catch myself, you know?"

Furrow.

"Who decides 'should?"

"I do, with my brainn, then my hormonnes try to ignore it " She looks embarrassed

"Gotcha. Just... if you want to... " She shrugs. "If the only reason not to is... 'shouldn't'.. like, I dunno. Yeah, it'd be hard."

"I mean, sure - do all the right prep stuff. But you need to want not to. Not just want to - if, does that make sense?"

"Kind of does.. but I'm not ready, he and i aren't and I know that and he knows that but.." A blush "Sorry, not fair to dump tthis on you"

"Okay, so. First, it sounds like Wudlig ain't gonna push. Second... well, maybe if you figure out what you need to be ready?"

"That way, you can remember, 'oh, right, it isn't this that or wha-have-you."

She nods "Yeah... have a list of.. what needs to be before ...well, kind of a check list for when it's all right. Good advice." A breath "You know, you give pretty good advice. "

Shrug, "Just.. trying to help. I mean, I'm not exactly a relationship expert."

"I just don't think you should feel down on yourself if you do change your mind and decide to do stuff."

"It won't change who you are."

"yeah" A nod "Somethings about me I don' want tto change too much" Realization "OH! I'm so selfish I forgot to tell you... A Cavalier Quarterly came in!"

"Oooo.. I do like those."

She gestures to the shelf in the main room "Stacked nice and clean. I would have taken a look but I figured it's for you and you wanted first crack. I LIKE horses but not like yo udo"

"I mean, I wouldn't have minded. But thanks." She bops over to retrieve it.

Oh good collection, not as good as when Rivervale's horses are in, of course. Looks like a PINK fae steed has been born, naturally pink. Some are debating if tthis is a MLP Dreamer effect or if there was some 'horse of a different color' in the lineage. Nunnehi Plains horses are covered. And in the back, a bonus article about the return of Centaurs! Which they admit doesn't belong as they are kithain but they couldn't help themselves

Dag shares the best pictures with Gerd as she reads.

"Okay PINK? Childlinng me would have loved that"

"Yeah..."

Someone got a really good bit of art depicting one of the Nunnehi mustangs racing on a lake as if it were wearing Horse shoes blesssed by Jesus! There many colder clime pics/art but this isn't one of them.