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THROUGH SHADOW TO THE EDGE OF NIGHT UNTIL THE STARS ARE ALL ALIGHT Without another word of gesture the small bat had awoken, flicking his radiant eyes open with exaggerated blinks as he allowed his wings to unwrap from his gangly torso. With wide upside-down eyes the creature observed the pair before them, their hides withered and burned like the matutine hours of winter. Quite a pair the two made, both complimenting each other in appearance though, still, in Peatree's vastly inexperienced opinion  Otem was not a great beauty like Arah had been but rather a plain jane. Tilney had little in the way of opinion about the young one's beauty or lack-there-of, nor anyone's for that matter - his mind was set and wired to one task and only one; Finding Maude. The was Otem tensed and flicked herself across her fetlocks was something that caused his to feel a short pang of guilt, one that rang through his chest and caused him to wonder why he had snuck up on a child. It was short lived, however, and soon he was continuing tensed steps of his own to close the gap between himself, the girl, and the plant in question. It seemed he was vastly underestimating what hunger would do to a young, growing mind such as hers. Perhaps in some cases malnutrition would stunt growth, though this filly seemed as though height was not something she lacked. If she truly wished to test the forbidden fruit he would be there to watch, observe and also provide what he hoped would be an antidote through his power of healing. Mad times called for mad measures, and while resorting to a cactus russian roulette was not on Tilney's list of ideas for survival, it was also not something he could rule out entirely. As she babbled and tremored over her words tilney allowed his gaze to soften, nodding in agreement over her words. She spoke the truth - everything had to be tested at some stage, how else was one to determine food from toxin or poison from antidote? "It would be unwise to do so on your own" Tilney spoke scoldingly, allowing his green gaze to cross down to meet her own with a knowing look. "But right you are. It is just one more task that befalls us all". "If you insist on trying it and it doesn't go as planned," He paused, turning his lantern-lit crown in the girl's direction.  "I may know an antidote". It wasn't an antidote, not exactly. rhiaan | neverrmind | Guesswho @Otem - ps. let me know if u would be okay with tilney using his mind magic in this thread! also if she wants to poison herself go ahead LMFAO tilney can heal her with his kissy healy magics!

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