You're a diamond, dear

the Rift

Despite the fact the worm was no longer moving, perhaps at some point it might respond, but there was a far greater presence that seemingly went unnoticed. A duo of Eriucla had been adrift, floating aimlessly through the wind. The mother, bundled up and hunched, holding her dearest child against her chest, telling the poor thing that everything would be fine, they just needed to make it through the wind. But things wouldn’t be fine, for the Eriucla wasn’t from the Cliffs – no, these small tiny creatures were from the Floating Key, and there was no way they’d be lucky enough to find their way back. And so they floated and floated, continuing their decent until suddenly –

SMACK.

What probably felt like nothing to Eira, felt like the world being flipped and spun as the two Eriucla collided with her mane. They went unnoticed, remaining stuck to the mare as she returned to where she came from with the little worm. And while the mother Eriucla was a territorial thing, terrified of leaving her poor child to starve against the mare, decided to use their greatest ability to try and get them away. It was quite the effort though, the small creature thought she had a hold on her child, but it faltered as the mother began to billow away without her daughter’s hand.

She didn’t go far, however, landing on a nearby leaf, ready to make the plunge again to the child still stuck on the mare’s mane, somehow sleeping soundly despite everything that had happened. Evidently the walk back had lulled the child to sleep much like the wind's lullabies from the salty air of the Floating Key.

@Eira The Eriucla isn't from the Cliffs but billowed in from the Floating Key! They look like this and you have managed to ensnare a mother and her child!