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[optimystically]

[Mat: If you still wanted to learn how to ride...I'm in the stables.]

Yeah! I'll be down there in a second! [and you sound kind of bummed, dude :( she'll be heading down pretty quickly]

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[no_bloody_lord]

[he's easy enough to find.

In many ways, Mat was as lazy and beligerent as he pretended to be. But never with horses. This was what he'd grown up with, and it shows in the careful way he lifts Bella's hooves, checking for any rocks or other objects that might have become wedged, while he waits for Maya to arrive.

He's gentle, hands sliding down the length of the leg, urging the knee to raise as he moves to the next hoof, and the horse calmly obliges. It's obviously a familiar dance for both of them]

I'M SORRY THIS IS SO LATE

[optimystically]

[aw, she kind of waits by the door for half a second. she really knows nothing about horses, but something about the whole scene looks so peaceful, it makes her smile]

Hey! Sorry it took me so long! [jogging up to him!}

/is even later

[no_bloody_lord]

[he smiles when he hears her voice, hands never shifting from the hoof as he looks up] Hey.

It's no trouble. I needed to check her over first, anyway.

haha, we can just be backtaggers forever *^*

[optimystically]

Woah, she's gorgeous! It's okay if I pet her, right?

and ever~

[no_bloody_lord]

Yeah, sure. She's friendly.

[standing, he brushes dirt off the knees of his pants before stepping back to give her room to approach. The mare, for her part, watched Maya calmly]

Oh...

[reaching into a pocket, he'll pull out a pair of sugar cubes] You don't want to give her too many, but a bit of a treat won't do her any harm and she'll like you for it.

[optimystically]

[hehe, she'll take it while keeping her attention mostly on the horse. Something about all this seems really magical... she never gets to see horses, okay? akdglhads /dork]

Here you go, girl. [walks up and offers her hand, trying not to be nervous... that she'll get bitten when she goes in for the sugar or something]