Herbs and love 'Reake

[Reake]

"My potions? I use them for quite a few different reasons. i find that when ponies are having problems, they are better helped with my potions. I can help make them feel anyway they want to temporarily and get to the root of their problems. Love and relationships are very complicated things and most ponies can barely handle those when it is good. When it is bad, however, those same things can make even the best ponies and colts act out of character."

Reake then stop to take another drink of the tea in front of him. it was something new and somehow familiar at the same time. He definitely enjoyed it and decided that he should participate in tea drinking at least once a week so help avoid his own stress. Planning and scheming against even just a few ponies was very tiring. Having to keep all their personal feelings and nuances straight in his mind was difficult. Unlike give advice which was easy, he had to keep track of what herbs flowers, and potions he was giving certain ponies as to not to physically hurt them.

While obsessed with making the ponies and colts of the land feel as lonely as him and breaking them emotionally. Reake had never hurt anyone physically and had no desire to. "Where I was born there were no unicorn or pegasus and being that I am a cross between a zebra and a pony I had a hard time. I studied for years to lean how to make potions and they help me quite a bit, but I guess it would be easier if i could use magic. "

[Starlight Darling]

Star listened and sat as he talking, sipping her tea as well. She could only guess it was a bit harder for a pony to use that kind of cutie mark with no magic in them. All Star had to do was aim and shot, there done. " Is that how you found out your cutie mark, through the herds and potions?" she asked. This would be her last question, she didn't want to ask too much. Though she wasn't sure herself if he had a question for her.

Her eyes did light up though, a cross? That was why he was so different, so interesting. Her eyes grew wide for a second and she smiled bright, finally it made sense. "A cross? That is how you get those markings!" she cheered a little. Whoops he might not like that... "Sorry don't want to offend you or anything...but your markings I've never really seen them before" she answered and smiled toward him. " But it clicks once you say Zebra, that is so cool" Star nodded. "Hard time? It wasn't as if every pony was made to look the same so why should any pony give you a hard time? She snorted with her ears back. That displeased her quite a bit, no pony should be mean to another.

"You know, I do have magic and I don't even use it for it full potential to heal broken hearts. No pony really asks me and I have not seen a couple in a fight, I don' really use it much at all" she shrugged.

[Reake]

"My cutie mark? I got it before I ever thought about making potions or gathering herbs and flowers. It is kind of a long story and although i do not wish to offend you I don't want to talk about it aright now. My past is something I try very hard to keep out of my mind for the most part. I don't think now is the time to talk about those kinds of things."

Reake then took another break to finish his tea and then stood up. It was then he knew he had stayed relaxed long enough. While this short vacation from his normal planning was nice he needed to get back to work. There were still so many ponies in ponyville that he needed to influence, but he would leave Star alone. She wasn't the first he let go, but there weren't many on that list.

"Thank you for your time Star, it was a very interesting day, but i do need to get back to my shop. I'll be sure to help you out if you ever need anything else, and I'll make sure to come back for more of you tea some other time. I'm sure in time we will be good friends.

[Starlight Darling]

She nodded and stood up too as he got up. They both had work to do, running these shops and whatnot. It was a little weird that he didn't talk about his cutie mark, it was suppose to be a happy time in a pony's life. But before she questioned him, she kept her mouth shut and magically picked up all the tea cups to wash them as he prepared to leave. " No problem, hope to see and hear from you soon then" she replied with a sweet smile. Walking back behind the counter, she set the cups down in the sink and prepared to do more work.