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When the boy doesn't answer her question, Aei'ith begins to stomp aggressively as a mini-tantrum behind him. She didn't understand how he just ignored her like that. Still, being ignored did not deter the filly from aimlessly following him. Aei'ith didn't understand that just because he was a horse and not a monster, that he wouldn't act like one. She didn't understand that just because they were the same species (practically) that he wasn't obligated to answer her calls. She didn't understand anything.
A high-pitched bellow escapes her lips as she trudges onwards behind him, curiously wondering why he so adamantly ignored her. Afraid she wasn't being loud enough for him to hear, another squeal-like whinny ricochets out of her jaw. Surely that would get his attention (right?). He continued down his narrow path, Aei'iths tailing him carefully. She often misstepped, resulting in lots of random tripping, but continued on anyway. Every once in a while a frustrated groan would float into the air out of frustration of simply not understand what was happening but always fell silent afterward. He wasn't responding to anything so what was the point of making a ruckus if it was inevitable she would just be ignored?
The babe had no idea where they were going, but she figured if he could go that she could too. Perhaps her desire to follow him was attributed to the fact that most horses had a herd mentality and preferred to be with other horses over being alone or perhaps it was because she didn't know where her mother was so just substituted this colt in. Whatever the reasoning was, she never once thought about not following him. To the young girl, the choice of not following him and wandering around in solitude was not even truly a plausible choice.
The silence felt thick and heavy- as if it was scolding her. Aurelia had once given Aei'ith the silent treatment as punishment when she had acted like a brat. Was this the same thing? Her brow furrows as she tries to remember what she did wrong. Had the tantrum-stomps been the reason for the silence? No, it couldn't be that. He had ignored her before that too. Still moderately confused, Aei'ith decided to stop thinking about it. She couldn't just conjure up a perfect reason as to why she was being ignored, so she just stopped thinking about it and went back to dutifully following him.
When simply following the beast grew tiresome, Aei'ith picked up her pace from an unsteady trot to a strange type of ungraceful canter. Her eyes narrowed in on his tail, her target. With her jaw open she tries reaching for his tresses. They just looked so... yummy. She always chewed Aurelia's tail. Her baby teeth were hardly in yet, so it never caused any damage to her mother's tail, just left it wet with drool and snot. The filly had never tasted another horse's tail yet, so quickly this colt became her target. It was just so different than Aurelia's tail. His was thick and wavy; it mesmerized her.
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Rainforest Cliffs
