The Academy: [MOCKINGBIRD] Beauty in Strangeness

There was no denying it. Mockingbird was an odd creature. Loti had some idea of it when she'd approached the Cremello, but she didn't know.. well. Just how odd Mockingbird really was.

Now that she had the full scope of it, well. At first she was kind of taken aback, but now she grew to appreciate it, even to smile at the mare's strange aspects. Loti was worried before at how she would teach a student.. and now, perhaps, she was more worried- about how to get concepts across to this strange mare, rather then her own competency. In a way, it was almost good-- Mockingbird's unique challenges gave her no time to worry about her own misgivings.

Mockingbird's Explination of Renga would have had little effect on Loti, if not for her clairvoyance. That was the only thing that informed her that the cremello was not simply repeating words from earlier, but trying to explain. As it was, Loti still did not understand-- but she nodded slightly, and then smiled at her new name. Eeee. Well, if it worked, it worked.

"I am Lawtee. Loti." she repeated to confirm, letting herself lengthen the syllables of her name on the first try. "And you," she said softly. "Are mockingbird. Walk with me?"

she wasn't sure if mockingbird would understand the request, but she moved forward a few steps and glanced back, hoping to entice the other mare into prancing along, out of the worst of the sun. She took a few steps forward, to a patch of fragrant flowers which attracted butterflies. "These are butterflies." She said, having noted the other mare's interest in them. The little bright insects fluttered around, apparently not disturbed very much by loti's presence. "Do you like them?"