04-19-2016, 04:24 PM
As Ellie came ever closer, Paige's panic became apparent - mostly when she wound up face down on the ground, but the initial scramble was definitely a tell. Ellie giggled lightly before she was within earshot, but she was otherwise alone - she almost felt comfortable easing off the persona for once, for the first time in what seemed like forever.
"Eli? I thought you were one of the soldiers. That would have just topped my day after that damn horse abandoned me. Have you seen Shad since last night?"
Ellie tugged back on the reins and slowed her horse to a halt before she hopped down, stroking the horse's mane. The burgundy steed bowed its head and turned to brush against Ellie's hand, which she happily obliged. She turned to look back at Paige with a near disappointment.
"Not yet, no," Ellie said, looking down at Paige's heels. She knelt down and started unbuckling the stirrup that had laced itself around Paige's foot. "They're coming, I'm sure!"
She wasn't, but she was holding Cass to her word - a day behind at most.
"Eli? I thought you were one of the soldiers. That would have just topped my day after that damn horse abandoned me. Have you seen Shad since last night?"
Ellie tugged back on the reins and slowed her horse to a halt before she hopped down, stroking the horse's mane. The burgundy steed bowed its head and turned to brush against Ellie's hand, which she happily obliged. She turned to look back at Paige with a near disappointment.
"Not yet, no," Ellie said, looking down at Paige's heels. She knelt down and started unbuckling the stirrup that had laced itself around Paige's foot. "They're coming, I'm sure!"
She wasn't, but she was holding Cass to her word - a day behind at most.
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