Gotta hold on

,The lights we burn have all faded out. Alvah had only spent a breath of time in this world, and he already hated it. He hated the rain and the overcast skies, while he might have spent a precious few hours enjoying it before -- it'd ceased being a wonder when it had soaked his coat down to the pink skin and stuck the baby fine hair to his neck and made his downy feathers slimy for a lack of a better term. He lingered behind Van, choosing to stick somewhat close to the chilled body of their mother, not quite surging ahead but definitely not slacking. Content to go at his own pace, elegant strides and careful placement of his hooves into the water logged sand. The colt isn't sure why their mother has brought them away from the stallion that turned out to be their father, he'd much preferred to stay with the group that had stood behind him, all branded with the same eerie skull face which also branded his own face with it's fractured embrace. Why didn't they stay with them? He'd almost asked, or demanded really, but something had forced him to swallow his words and simply follow. Whatever the case, they are left to their own devices in the surf, something which occupied him for all of five minutes. He is soaked, and the idea of submerge himself in another layer of water perplexes him more than it delighted him. Soon, Alvah is bored of feeling the water against his sooty hide. If the weather was warmer...or at least dry, he might have stayed there until Erthe had wanted to resume watching them, as it was, he would sooner do something else. It isn't until someone else shows up, that his thoughts are lost entirely on leaving the surf and instead focus on the equine that appeared on the beach, heading toward himself and his brother. Vaguely, he remembered the figure behind their father, a short distance away from the gathering he had broken away from. "Can we help you?" He muttered to the newcomer, crowned head tilted a fraction to the side as he already turned toward the colt, long limbs carrying him toward their unknown half-brother. At least there's something more interesting now, and briefly he wondered if their mother might come out of her cave to investigate the stranger "Are you lost?" talk talk talk

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