The next day, Flux lay under a nice shade tree with Stiletto, snuggled up to her side with a wing over him. Panacea had given him a few stitches over his withers for that cut, and a few bandages around his middle for the rest. Stiletto has her muzzle in his mane, careful to not touch his wound as she enjoys herself.
As Flux and Stiletto enjoyed their comfortable moments together under the tree, a Mare approaches them. She's amongst one of the citizens of Dawnpick no doubt, one of the faces in the backgrounds. a Pegasi Mare with white coat, Black mane and Red eyes. She paused Half-way to them and gave herself another thought, they both seems so peaceful and happy, almost too peaceful for her to bare disturbing them. But an opportunity like this probably won't present itself again anytime soon.. She continued approaching.. "Hello there!" she called out to them once she's close enough, not wanting to startled them while being TOO close. Who knows what'll happen if they're jumpy. she wouldn't want to have an axe lodged in her skull anytime soon.
Stiletto lifts her head and looks at pony approaching her and Flux
"Hello to you to. Is there something you would like?"
Flux opens his eyes to see who's talking, and momentarily think it's Falcata.
"Oh! Um, hello?"
The Mare stood there for a moment longer, feeling dumb already. She Opened her mouth with a hoof up as if to say something, then shut it along with a hoof down... Then up again, then down. At this moment she's mentally kicking herself to say something already while biting her lower lips to think up something. "Um.. how are you?" she finally said. It was more awkward than supposed to, and her facial expression was of 'damnit.. what a stupid way to start' although she tried her best to hide it.
"I am very well today."
Nuzzles Fluxs' mane
"Any day with mien freundlichste Liebe is a great day."
The intruding mare nodded, still seems uneasy. "Um... That’s good. That’s... Uh... Very good." she replied, pawing at the ground slightly with one of her front hooves, seeing them being all lovely and dovey still. Not that she mind. "I have a few... Uh... questions that I want to ask... Can I sit here and talk? If that's okay... It’s alright if you're busy though I could... Return later." she said. Not out of fear, but uncertainty.
"Please come, sit, talk, I have lots of free time these days off. What do you do here in Dawnpick, I do not know every pony in the community."
The black maned Mare nodded from Stiletto's invitation, sitting down just in the shade on the grass but not too close to invade her personal space. "Thanks... And... Well, I do many things... Really. Hurling things, helping with the buildings... I helped building the walls and digging the moat as well. And sometimes I help with the cooking... Planting the seeds in the field... I do a lot of things,” she said, nodding and looking rather proud for just a moment. But then shies down with a little embarrassed blush "But I’m not really... Great at any of them."
"You need to find your passion. I hear ponies talk about their marks here so much and really they don't tell you who you are. You decide what type of pony you are. Find the place you excel, then you will know your passion."
She nods again, looking more confident now. "Well... That’s actually why I’m here now. I'm... Thinking of joining the Guards..." and with that, her Confidence sank like a rock back to where it were again. "Um... That’s all right... Right? I mean... We don't really have enough ponies to keep us safe... Right? NOTthatidon'tthinkthatyouall*gasp for air*couldn't or anything... Just... An extra pair of hooves might help. Right? Well..." she bonked herself in the head a little, embarrassed "sorry... I just want to talk to somepony about it first."
"Joining the guard is a big job, they get injured often. Though, I was planning to ask Ms Virtue to expand the militia to include a caverns squad. What weapon do you like to use?"
She gives it a thought for a moment. "Well... I haven’t touched a real 'weapon' before really... Just kitchen knives, plows, shovels and pickaxes... But I don't mind whatever's shoved into my hooves really... Crossbows, knives, axes, swords, anything. I'll learn. And, I've got tired of seeing other ponies getting hurt. And not being able to help. I don't mind getting hurt, as this is the life I choose. I didn't sign up for an outpost in the middle of dangerous no where just to be safe and die out of old age you know?" She replied, trying to sounds tough and sure. Which she fails to.
Flux decides to put in his two bits, concerned about her maybe getting injured like him, or worse.
"Um, there's other ways to protect. I, um, I'm not a fighter, b-but I want to help too. So I, er, started learning mechanics so I could help."
The seated Pegasi mare turn her attention to Flux now, and, oddly enough, finds that it's much easier to speak to him than Stiletto for some unknown reason. "Oh... Well, I did try helping in other ways... Like, hurling stuffs around, building the walls, houses, digging the moat, placing traps sometimes... Things like that... But it's simply just... Not what I’m looking for, you know what I mean? It’s not that they're wrong or anything... It’s just that... Instead of making something to stand in-between other pony and danger... I want ME to be the one right there standing in-between other ponies and danger... It just seems so... Easier to protect them that way."
"Well... if you're sure it's what you want to do, I can't stop you. Um, what was your name again? Uh, I'm Flux, and this is Stiletto."
She nodded as Flux introduces himself and Stiletto.
"Nice to meet you Flux, and I’m sure everypony have heard of Stiletto already yes?" she gives them a nodding smile before introducing herself "You can Call me Kat."
Flux smiles and raises a hoof to shake.
"It's nice to meet you, Kat."
Kat Returns the smile and raises a hoof up to accept the shake.
"Likewise Flux, Likewise."