i tried to sleep in today but my sire woke me up – he received the sending stone i sent!
so instead of running with medya this morning i talked with him
he asked if medya and i are safe and i nearly burst into tears
given the winter wolves and the fiends and the fashion criminal who snuck into the building we live in and stole the weapon used to shatter my previous legs? not really
but we're not starving or ill and we have friends here so i said yes
close enough
he asked about what we'd been up to
i told him about traveling a lot and trying all sorts of good food and publishing three new spells and making shoes to walk on walls
and i finally told him about how we were attacked on our first night in sharn but came away with only scratches
i did say we'd been in a lot of other fights and some scared the snot out of me but he really doesn't need to hear the details
we have what it takes to survive and that's what matters
we talked about family
i asked him about what he remembered of granddam signal flare and everything he said fit with that vision i had
i told him that she helped me through a particularly nasty fight so she's still helping defend ponies
then i asked him about great-grand-aunt winter rose
he said she was kind and caring when she warmed up to folks and also fiercely protective of her family
i didn't mention that she might be out here – i'd rather know for certain first
medya returned about then which reminded me to light the black candle and send a windowpaper showing medya's gauntlets up close
dad's impressed and proud of us both!
i said i'm not satisfied with some aspects of them and that i wished i had his expertise
next thing i knew the candle flared and burned down to nothing – he sent a whole book of songs about the art of the jeweler
medya can sing them to me as a crash course and i can do the job right
my dad is the best!
with the candle spent i'll need a replacement but he suggested we should visit home after harmonizing medya's talons and pick one up then
it's a long journey but i'm strongly considering it
he wished us a good night – it seems we're on nearly opposite sides of the world
so we're a very long way from home but that hurts a lot less now that i can talk to dad at any time
yesterday was rough but today is already great!
(yes medya i'll go for my morning run now)