Every exchange the pair had was because of Aurelia's prying for information. Taivus wasn't saying much, only articulating her thoughts on some of the things Aurelia had said or asked. The conversation didn't feel smooth and effortless. It felt forced an awkward. Maybe it was just Aurelia who thought this, but her patience was on steadily declining with this mare. It seemed most horses here didn't have a lot to say about anything. Even when she had first met Otem, Aurelia had to practically beg for more from the woman.
Taivus states, rather plainly, that she would refer to the god as a god. Aurelia hadn't even questioned that it was a god here and not something else, she just didn't know there was a god at all. It wasn't a question of if the specimen she referred to as a god was a god. It'd been the desire to know more about the god. She felt as if there had been some sort of misunderstanding, but held her tongue as Taivus went on to describe the god. The conglomeration of shadow and bone and fur and blood. Taivus spoke with such eloquence that Aurelia felt inferior to her. The pegasus hardly even knew what conglomeration meant, but was sort of able to use context clues to figure it out for the most part. It seemed her company was simply on a higher level of sophistication than she was. "I see." It was such a short response, but she truly didn't know what to say. The description the mare gave her was that of a god, but Aurelia had never doubted that in the first place. Perhaps Taivus hadn't understood Aurelia's questions as doubting that the god she spoke of was a god, but something just felt kind of.. off, but Aurelia couldn't quite put her hoof on it.
The aurelian babe notices Taivus only speaks of a singular god. In Helovia, there had been three-and-a-half gods (ol' sparky was rather small and was often absent when the moon, earth, and sun were present), each had an important role in Helovia. Did the Rift's god just do all of the work? Maybe that was why the Rift was in such horrible condition. It just seemed like ruling over a land like the Rift was a task for more than one god.
Taivus answers Aurelia's question with a guess as to what they should be doing, but it didn't seem she was 100% certain. After briefly mentioning the orbs, even after Aurelia had said besides, she claims that perhaps just being here would heal the land. It was kind of a romantic idea. As we settle into the Rift, the Rift will settle for us. There was a cloud of doubt in her mind at this proposition though. How could just living here heal the land? Did Taivus know about the magic-munching monsters by the portal? Did she know about the crumbled spires? Did she know about the mutated horses? Did she know anything? Aurelia wholeheartedly disagreed with simply living here to heal the land. She snorts. "How will doing that fix the land?" The aggressive tone isn't directed at Taivus, but perhaps the god she speaks of. "If I am going to live here like anywhere else, that involves much, much more than simply surviving. Helovians never gave up. We built walls, restored monuments, dealt with problems instead of just letting them fester. It feels like most have just lost the fire in the bellies to restore and fix and heal and grow." Had living here for several months already altered the culture of many Helovians? Was their way to survive simply tolerating things instead of actually fixing them now?
She simply shakes her head no when Aurelia asks about the spires. Aurelia decides to not push the subject of the spires quite yet. If Taivus's way of living here was solely surviving, she would not share the same interest as Aurelia did in the spires. Aurelia wanted to fix and restore. She wanted to make a change. She did not just want to sit back and hope things got fixed.
The possibility that the pegasus had completely misunderstood Taivus was very plausible. If she had, there was a chance that Taivus would simply tell the mare she had misunderstood. If Aurelia hadn't understood correctly, she would be pleasantly surprised to know that another thought similarly to her. However, if her interpretation of Taivus's words had been correct, she disagreed with the mare and would make it known.
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