Stormy liked the smile that her question brought to Haven’s face. It seemed to make her happy and bring fond thoughts to her mind. She couldn’t imagine how it must have felt. She had never felt that way about anyone at all. As Haven spoke a light smile began to spread over her muzzle. ”That must be so nice. I was born alone in a cave in Pisces.” Stormy offered her beginning since Haven had. She saw it as maybe a way to bond. Not that her beginning had been all too exciting.

The young mare smiled longingly. She was mildly jealous of how happy the dragon seemed to be at having someone like her mate. The horse scuffed her hoof over the sand under the water. It really must have been nice to have someone to spend your time with, that wanted to spend their time with you. That wanted you to be around them and not just for a day or two. She wondered what it would be like to have someone who wanted her to come to them.

The smile on Stormy’s muzzle widened as she listened to Haven speak of her mate. ”He sounds absolutely wonderful. I hope someday I will find someone who adores me as much as you adore him.” The young mare commented gently to the dragon. She did actually hope that someday someone would feel for her what Haven felt for her mate.

Stormy tilted her head to one side as she listened to Haven speak. ”This is probably a stupid question, but as you’re only the second dragon I have met, what is a nest?” She asked genuinely not knowing what it was. ”However that ordeal sounds horrible. I’m glad he made it out alright.” She was for some reason genuinely glad that Haven had not lost her mate in that ordeal.

@Haven

"You will," Haven assured, "If you really want to. I'm just really lucky."

She yawned and stretched out her back, sitting down on the sand with her front claws in the surf. She stared out over the sea, at the sky (or rather, ceiling) above. She hadn't ever flown that high before... she kind of wanted to.

"Well... a nest is a sort of bed. You make it out of things like branches and twigs into a bowl, and then you line it with soft things like feathers and moss to make it comfortable. Or, if you're in a cave, you only include the soft things, since the structure would just be the rock around," she explained, "It's where you sleep and where I'm going to raise my children."

She looked down at Stormy and nodded, "I'm glad he's okay too."

She was quiet, then, staring out to the sea. Or well... listening to the sea.

"I want to see what's on the other side," she hummed, "Someday I'll fly over."

@Stormy

A light smile rested on the young mare’s muzzle as Haven reassured her that she would one day find a mate of her own. She had to admit, being born with your mate was extremely lucky. ”I hope so. Though I have to admit. You really are very lucky.” The young mare commented feeling a pang of jealousy at this thought. She wished she hadn’t been born alone. Sure she had made a few friends along the way, but she was generally alone, and being alone was really lonely at times.

Stormy shook her body for a second freeing the sand from her pelt that had dried on. She watched as Haven took a seat on the sand and looked out over the water. The young mare followed the dragon’s gaze out over the water and up at the ceiling. She had to admit, the more she stopped and took in the sight of Leo the more beautiful it became. However she knew she couldn’t survive here due to the lack of grasses and vegetation. Though that didn’t mean that she hadn’t found a place she would like to visit often, and now she had a friend, a reason to come back too.

Stormy tilted her head listening to Haven explain what a nest was. It sounded comfortable. A good place to lay down and rest for a good long time. Something she hadn’t done in far too long. ”A nest sounds very nice. I’ve never had anything like that.” Stormy admitted. She had never actually really made a bed before, she knew what they were but she had never made one. She had never made one because she never stayed in one spot for too long.

As Haven admitted her own happiness over her mate being alright after their ordeal. Stormy offered her a brilliant grin, but finally realized up close like this, that Haven had no eyes. How strange, but it was now that she realized all of her body and facial expressions had gone unseen. She felt a bit stupid not having noticed before now. ”I just noticed, you’re blind. You get around really well for not having sight.” Stormy hoped her words came across as the soft compliment she had meant them to but she wasn’t entirely sure if they had.

Stormy’s gaze went back out over the water as Haven’s did and she smiled. Such a large body of water held a beauty beyond anything she had ever seen before. Then Haven admitted something and Stormy grunted. ”I’d love to see the other side myself, but I don’t think swimming that far would be feasible for me.” The young mare admitted with a soft laugh. It was true she had just discovered today that she could swim, but going that far was pretty well out of the question. "I want to see more of our world, every inch of it. I want to know what secrets our world holds." Stormy admitted her own little dream.

@Haven

Haven nodded slowly and lay down, letting the waves wash over her, cooling her off. She turned to face Stormy and huffed in amusement, "Normally that's the first thing a lot of people notice about me."

She itched at her nose and snorted seawater from her nostrils, before holding up a clawed hand, "Sound travels in waves, I've found. When something makes a noise, sound radiates out, like this."

She splashed her hand sound, little ripples slowly moving away from her hand, displaced by it. She put her hand up so it formed a little island, and used her other one to splash instead.

"When these waves bounce against things, I can pick them up and sense them," she said, gesturing to the waves that hit her hand and returned to where she'd splashed, "The waves come back to me, and I can hear that. It paints a little picture in my head of an object, each sound wave bouncing off and the distance it travels can tell me a lot of things about an object. How big, how far, what substance it is. Water, sand, and rock all sound different, and I can also sense movement, too. So I can hear and sense you running, and I can sense your body movement."

Haven shrugged and peered back out across the ocean, "I think it's like seeing. It sounds like a lot to take in, but I've had so long to learn that it's easy. My brain takes care of it."

No longer did she have to hold onto Electrum's tail to get around. She was independent.

@Stormy

The young mare grunted as she climbed down onto her legs and lay down where the water could wash over her chest and forelegs. She smiled lightly rather relieved that Haven wasn’t offended that she had pointed out that she didn’t have eyes. She was thankful she didn’t take it the wrong way. Though Stormy let out a soft sheepish laugh. ”I… Can be a bit oblivious about some things about others. If it’s something others normally have or have extra of, I don’t normally notice it because well it's usually commonplace.” The young mare explained gently.

As Haven began explaining about sound and how it moved, she tilted her head curious as she watched. She had never really thought about how sound moved before. But now she was learning things she hadn’t thought about and she kinda liked it. Hazel eyes watched the way the water moved. It was strange but actually made sense.

Stormy tilted her head to the other side as Haven explained about how that was how she picked things up and generally “saw” for all intents and purposes. The young mare sat listening to Haven with wrapped interest as she spoke about herself. It was truly fascinating. ”That’s absolutely amazing. I wish I could see the way you do, it must be truly different and amazing to see with nothing but sound.” Stormy commented watching the dragon now for a time. She couldn’t help but wonder what it was truly like to be Haven.

@Haven

"No one sees like I do," she said softly, "Maybe that's what makes me truly special."

Haven shrugged and looked over to Stormy, perking up, "Hey, you've been all over, right? What kind of things have you seen?"

She lay her head down next to Stormy, her brows raised in interest in lieu of ears or widened eyes. She was as expressive as everyone despite having what was practically a smooth head and two holes for ears. Her body moved and there were muscles in her face that scrunched and pulled to give her dynamic expressions.

"I and Electrum started out in Pisces," they said, "Like you. We then traveled, to Fornax, to Cetus, to Orion. Then we settled here. We like it here, it's warm and there's water for my mate to swim in, and cliffs and caves for me to explore and hide in when the ocean gets too loud."

She smiled, "It's perfect, here."

@Stormy

The young mare smiled fondly at the Dragon, as she had grown quite fond of the creature in what maybe two or three hours they had spent playing and talking together. It was true, Haven was the only one who saw things the way she did. ”It must be an amazing thing, I’d love to be able to see the way you do. Just for a few minutes.” Stormy commented thoughtfully with a light smile. It would be a truly unique experience to see the way that Haven did. She wished she could experience it even for a short time.

Then as Stormy watched Haven, the dragon perked up. This made the horse grow rather curious as to what silent entity that she couldn’t hear had caught her attention, then she spoke up asking about her travels. ”Well as I said, I was born in Pisces. But when I started my travels I made a very bad choice and found a frozen tunnel. It was rather bad and I nearly froze to death there if it hadn’t been for James. I was still rather young then and he took me to Orion, where the ceiling glittered like a million gemstones. There are strange stone structures in Orion from a time before Gembound I think.” She thought for a moment her tail giving a thoughtful flick as she let her own gaze stretch out over the water.

”From Orion I went to a place called Canis. The place is filled to the brim with bones! Like so many piles of bones you have to wonder what left them all. From Canis I went to Eridanus. Eridanus was amazing, it had so many big green trees, there were these two big pools of water and a massive hole in the center of the room that is filled with these strange leafy plants. There I met that little dragon that bit me. After that I kinda fell into a depression because I hurt it and I didn’t mean to but it ran off before I could apologize. Not that it seemed it would have understood me as it didn’t react positively to anything I said. From there I didn’t really stop and made my way here to Leo.” She didn’t exactly explain that her leg still went numb from time to time from the other dragons bite.

Stormy smiled seeing the many different expressions on Haven’s face though she lacked eyes, she was still highly expressive. Stormy lay her head down beside Haven a light smile on her muzzle as she listened to Haven again. ”It is amazing here, not enough food for me to graze on, but I can see myself visiting here often” Stormy admitted gently, hoping that Haven would understand. However she was enjoying just laying here chatting with Haven as much as she had enjoyed their play time.

@Haven

Haven perked up, tail swishing back and forth behind her, "A frozen cave? Sounds like one of the caves we traveled. It was cold and full of snow, but we flew through it to get to here. The tunnel connecting the snowy place to here got warmer the further we went, so we knew we wanted to stay. Us dragons are cold-blooded, so we don't really like snow all that much."

She stretched out and yawned, humming thoughtfully, "I've been to Eridanus. When we went from Cetus to here, we passed through. I insisted on it, actually. I wanted my mate to get clean before we went anywhere."

She laughed gently and smiled, arms crossing over each other. She sighed as she listened to Stormy, head tilted attentively.

"I'm sorry you were bitten, but at least the good thing about venom like that- I have some too, using magic- it only lasts a short while, and doesn't leave damage," she said, "So that's good! I hope one day she'll apologize to you, though. That was awfully mean."

Biting people for no reason? That was unacceptable!

@Stormy

Stormy smiled seeing Haven perk up at her words. Then she spoke of her experience with snow. ”Oh well my experience was that it was a very steep tunnel, and it was mostly ice and rather dark. It was my first experience with cold and I’m not sure I liked it.” The mare explained a shiver running through her body at the thought of going back through that cave again. It had been one of the worst experiences of her life.

Stormy perked up as Haven mentioned that she had been to Eridanus. She wondered how Haven saw Eridanus. She wondered what the multitude of trees sounded like to her. ”I have to admit, eridanus has to be one of my favorite places. Plenty of things to eat, though there aren’t enough open spaces for me to run so I didn’t really like it there too much.” She admitted with a sheepish grin and laugh.

A light smile played on Stormy’s muzzle as she listened to Haven apologize for the little green dragon that had bit her. ”Oh, it’s alright. It hurt for a bit and it still goes numb sometimes but other than that I'm alright. I don’t really think she was large enough to do too much damage.” The mare spoke in a sweet and friendly tone, she wondered if this is what it was to have an actual friend and not just an acquaintance. ”I mean I did accidentally step on their tail, but I tried to apologize. I don’t think they understood me though.” She admitted waving her tail over the sand. She really hadn’t meant to step on the little thing, they were just so small and she was so big, and she hadn’t been paying attention. But still she had to admit it wasn’t very nice to have bitten her.

@Haven

Haven hissed in sympathy, "Oh, I don't like ice, not one bit. It makes my feet cold and it's slippery and not fun at all. I hope you weren't hurt."

She lapsed into silence as she listened to Stormy speak, her voice clinking like the jewels she hung at the entrance to her cave. She'd put them there to allow Electrum to enter without startling her.

"It's getting cold," she noted after a few minutes of listening, head lifting.

The lights were starting to go out, it was nearing nighttime. Haven would never appreciate the beauty of a sunset, but she did enjoy the cries of birds as they rushed to their nests to sleep, feeling critters under the sand move as night fell and the lights stopped blazing so hot.

"You ought to get to another cave before you stop being able to see," she urged, "Since you can't reach the top of the cliffs where all the grass is. I could lift you there, but I don't think you'd enjoy it."

Haven stood up and stretched, yawning again, "It's time for me to go, anyway. My mate will be expecting me with dinner, and I should probably go get some."

@Stormy