looks back at Symphony, silently asking if she is okay while keeping an eye on Atlas

Symphony gives Daisy a small corner smile and nods but stays weary of Atlas, she snorts out and takes in the stallion's scent, still waiting for him to answer

Atlas's ears slightly fell back at the two's dramatic behaviour, but he just took a deep breath and raised his head a little, he listened to Symphony's question then looked at Daisy, his gaze flicking between the two "Like I said, I'm Atlas. What are your names?" He asked offering another smile, using his back leg to scratch his other leg

Symphony's stare went from Daisy to Atlas, she tilted her head slightly but wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, so she pushes her ears forward and gave a small smile back "Sorry, hi Atlas, I'm Symphony" She introduced, then waited for Daisy to speak

Daisy tried to relax, but past experiences held her back

"Sorry Atlas, Hey I'm Daisy. Are you a Lone stallion? Or do you belong to a herd?"

Steps back a little

Symphony moves aside as Daisy reverses, then steps forward to stand next to her, gently nudging her shoulder

Atlas's ears perked up again, and his expression went soft and gentle, he looked at the mares "It's ok, I understand, not all stallion's are... Good" He said with a shake of his head, he looked at Daisy, smiling lightly "I'm a lone stallion, I don't have a herd yet... Where's your lead stallion?" He asked looking around, nerves starting to kick in, he looked back at Daisy and Symphony "How long have you two been in this herd?" He asked semi curious

Daisy took a deep breath and then blew it out

"He should be in and amongst the herd, he'll come over soon."

"Oh, and I've been in this herd for a few months"

(Eek sorry, I didn't know this had started!)

(CIA, Onyx would love an older brother to boss him around! Or maybe Onyx will be the one to do the bossing... I'm not sure! They have similar but different personalities.)

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A few miles away, the sun shone happily down on a very unhappy-looking horse, who was grazing on the best grass he could find. The dapple grey stallion swatted his tail at a passing fly and squinted up at the sun. "Barely past noon..." he muttered to himself, lowering his head and pulling up a particularly juicy clump of grass. A couple minutes later, Onyx realized he was thirsty, and sniffed the air for a scent of water. According to his nose, there was a nice big river about three miles away to the west. Onyx snorted, shaking his mane. He really wasn't in the mood for exercise, but he needed water. So he started off at a trot, upwind from the herd of horses he was heading straight towards.

(Lol it's ok! Welcome at last :D)

Symphone's friendly smiled faded ever so slightly when Atlas asked where their herd stallion was, she nodded in agreement to Daisy's answer "Yeah, he'll be around somewhere" She spoke softly, her over friendly smile returning.

She lifted her head a little and sniffed the air, making sure that wolf hadn't hung around, she picked up another distant scent, it smelt like a stallion, but she shrugged it off as Atlas's scent, her head returning to normal and she got re-engaged to the conversation