video; un: weishappened

[weisshappened]

Type: Video
Sender ID: weishappened (Davrin)
To: All
Subject: Horse Training
Warnings: N/A


[The video is of a rocky shoreline, under a grey autumn sky. A small handful of the demon horses can be seen grazing on washed up seaweed.]

[Davrin slowly lowers the camera back down, turning it to face himself. Both he and Assan the griffon, are perched on a couple rocks higher up. Out of immediate view of the horses.]

I know we're supposed to be gathering clippings from these things but... call me crazy.

[Assan lifts his head from where he'd had it balanced on his foreclaws, looking skeptical.]

- Not you. [Then back to the camera.] Anybody tried maybe... taming one of them?

[They're no halla, but maybe it'd be a good idea to have a horse around for land-based travel.]

Comments

[weisshappened]

[Assan lifts his head, clearly hearing that-]

This is Assan. He came from Thedas with me.

[And - what. What is that.]

Your horse has a horn. [Because it can't actually be what it looks like. Right?]

[empyrean_mirror]

They're called unicorns, apparently. Nima is native to this world.

[He's going to give her chinscritches, for being a very good girl!]

She was in...a rather terrible situation, but seems to have imprinted on me after we saved her. How long have you known Assan?

[weisshappened]

I... was kind of thinking you were about to say that.

[He's only heard the word a few times, in passing. In legends. There's never been one actually seen, as far as he knows.]

I can definitely understand taking her in, in that case. As for Assan... well. Since he hatched. And launched himself at me.

[empyrean_mirror]

Oh? Do unicorns exist in your world? [What had he called it?] Thedas?

[Kaveh does chuckle softly, while he continues to give a mythical beast chinscritchies.]

Launched himself at you as in imprinting, or launched himself at you as in seeking lunch?

[weisshappened]

There's stories. And rumor had it there was an undead horse with ... a sword for a horn, but - [He shrugs.] I've never seen one until now.

[Davrin turns his head, looking back at Assan.]

Well? Which one was it, boy? Was it snacks? [The griffon sneezes. Then tucks his front legs under him, looking prim.] Yeah, that's what I thought. He wanted the food we'd brought the hatchlings.

[empyrean_mirror]

With a--uh?

[THOSE SURE WERE WORDS? THAT YOU SAID?]

That's not surprising. Baby cats and baby birds are the hungriest creatures in the world, and he's a bit of both, isn't he?

[weisshappened]

Just a rumor. Like I said, I never saw the "bog unicorn".

[They sure were words!!]

He is, yeah. Body of a bird, a cat... heart of a halla. [That last bit, is mostly said to Assan. Because Davrin can't help reaching back to scratch at Assan's floppy ear, fondly.] Isn't that right?

[empyrean_mirror]

A halla?

[Kaveh's gonna focus on that instead of addressing "bog unicorn" literally ever thank you.]

[weisshappened]

A halla. They're... how do I explain it.

[There's a lot of backstory. How to condense - ]

They're something like a deer, but sturdier. Dalish, like me, raise and live with them, revere them. They pull our aravels, we use their wool, their milk. They guide us through new territory. They're more intelligent than most wildlife, too. Our partners, not our livestock.