As she often did, Salvia traveled alone to visit her father’s horse. The mare was quickly advancing in her pregnancy and Salvia was thrilled to think that soon she would have a horse. Her father had promised she could, after all, and she was excited to see what might be born. She hoped for a boy horse, one big and strong like her brother. That would certainly be fun, to ride around, even if she would need to wait like her father warned her she would. Obviously she couldn’t ride a baby, but she had listened to him diligently and gone about with her endless wait.
The fence had been finished days ago, and the barn continued with the same diligence that Salvia had come to expect from her father. Without having any duties herself, she was free to do as she pleased—and that was why she lingered here so often. She had kept herself entertained chasing small animals and killing one or two, but grown bored with this about an hour ago. So with the sounds of her father’s horse grazing and birds and insects buzzing in the background, she had fallen asleep in the sunlight.
An unfamiliar noise woke her from a dreamless nap and Salvia started at the sound. She rose sleepily and yawned. With a low stretch she trotted towards the source, finding the sandy colored woman she considered her aunt nearby. Launching herself over the fence with a strong-legged bound, Salvia scrambled herself over and landed with a heavy thud in the soft grass.
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