She held still as he painted. Sure, she looked silly all done up like this but her empathic abilities allowed her to feel how happy it made people. Plus she didn't mind it so why not?

"I'm looking forward to flying again, too," Cadence said. "It's so frustrating to barely be able to hover even flapping my wings as hard as I can. There's nothing like a nice sunny day to spread my wings and catch a good thermal to climb high into the sky. I want to see what Caldera looks like from above, too."

She paused.

"I mean, I could if I decided to visit Heaven's Bow but it's not the same."