Only one please, at the stable.
It was a day that the woman wanted to spend with her horse, her beloved mare. Donoma's presence was always a comforting one. Her patient attitude always worked well with her own, and Una's as well. The doe was not present. She had been most distraught after the rape in the tribelands, and the two of them were both a bit melancholy. There had been little to comfort the woman afterward. She had taken care of Nayati and watched over her niece and nephew more, glad for distraction. But now her mind was running free as they were spending time and she felt herself a fifth wheel. So, she took her personal dye and a gourd bowl to the stable.
The bowl was overflowing with the purple dye. Drops fell off the rim of it and splashed onto the straw beneath the woman's feet. She mixed the bowl, stirring lightly with a stick until the dye's consistency was acceptable. Sunki pulled the stick out of the bowl, letting the dye drip off it before setting it on the stall's edge. Donoma looked at her mistress with curious eyes, sniffing at the strange smelling color in the bowl. About to lip the rim, the pale woman jerked it away from the horse's lips. "No, dear, that's not for eating," she said, smiling weakly. Her free hand went to the horse's thick neck, stroking and patting it warmly. Then the pale AniWayan took the rein's of the equally pale horse, leading her out of the stall and out of the barn. The bowl was still in her hand, which Donoma still eyed with a mild hunger.
At the stake, the woman tied the horse to it, soothingly stroking her muzzle. She muttered words of comfort, as the mare was a little bothered by the bonding. Standing silently, Sunki eyed the mare's muzzle, neck, shoulder and flank, wondering where to paint. She wondered what to paint on the pale mare's body. Two fingers were dipped into the bowl, but the woman was still thinking, knowing her fingers would very well remain purple until repeatedly washed.
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