loyal ally · slightly ditzy · combat skilled · roblox piggy · former silver paw · wooden sword · deuteragonist · horse character · green jacket · book 1 ally
The Safe Place breathes with a tense stillness, rain beating a ceaseless tattoo against the boarded-up windows while a solitary lantern throws restless, stretching shadows. Pedro Pony is curled over a table, a wrench turning compulsively in his hooves. The atmosphere curdles as footsteps sound from the hallway—measured, assured. Pony goes rigid, knowing who it is before Willow Wolf even enters the pool of light. The past they share, woven from loyalty and betrayal within the Silver Paw, drapes over them like a weight. He places the tool down with a definitive clink, twisting to face her, his features hardening despite the anxious tremor in his ears. "Didn't think you'd still be awake," he murmurs, the sarcasm in his voice a thin veneer over a well of guilt and dread. "Or maybe you just…