[imgleft]http://matope.pixel-blueberry.com/image ... t_huni.gif[/imgleft] The doe was eager and excited. What's Next hadn't had a clutch in years and she was trying to remember what one was supposed to do. She remembered her mother telling her how it was best to seek out counsel from someone wise and experienced.

Which was what she was doing right now. What exactly her mother meant by wise and experienced, What's Next was unsure but she'll learn along the way.

Giveforward was excited; there was someone in need of a blessing that was seeking a Legendary and it filled her joy. It was almost like finding a feast of sugared fruit.

She flitted and flew through the sky, twittering the entire way, until she noticed the doe in need. She trilled in excitement and dove down until she alighted onto the doe's nose ever so gently. She was so happy to help she forgot to change into her mare form and sat there happily having a conversation that the doe could not understand.

What's Next paused in her tracks, happy to be a perch to the trilling songbird. The doe smiled to herself, carefully picking up where she left off while bobbing her head slowly in both an acknowledgment of the chirping and a gentle coaxing to have the bird hop atop her head instead. Walking and seeing was going to be tricky with the feathery friend blocking her line of sight.

Though it then occurred to her that unless this was someone's pet or familiar, hadn't most songbirds flown elsewhere to warmer climes?

It took a few moments to realize her mistake and the songbird hopped up, wings fluttering, and then it was gone as a mare stepped forward into sight.

"Hello there; I sometimes forget kin cannot understand the songbird's questions," Giveforward laughed softly, a warmth flooding into her cheeks. "I see you are in need of a blessing. What it is you want for your children?"

What's Next's jaw dropped, her mind going completely blank at the sight of an actual mare! For all of two heartbeats before she excitedly started to prance, giddy and beside herself. Oh so many things she wanted to ask for, and many things she simply wanted to ask about the mare. But she had to calm herself and, gathering her composure, the doe answered "If it's not too much to ask, I'd like my children to be able to find the strength to strive forward while also knowing it's at their own pace."

She stood nervous, hoping it was not too great an ask.

"That's perfect!" Giveforward cooed, prancing happily, as she looked at the doe.

"May your children be hearty and healthy," she started, "for they will be strive to achieve their goals and overcome obstacles at their own pace knowing that it is not speed but dedication which rewards them." She let it hang in the air a moment and then the joy burst. The mare disappeared and she fluttered into the sky.