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She couldn't help but wonder at the bravery of the wolf, and all the others who did the same thing, holding onto the lead-rein of the massive animal as if it were a kite on a string. The creature had the strength of a bear, at least, surely - and though she knew horses supposedly were of much gentler temperaments, she could not understand how a prey animal could show such obedience to a creature it surely expected to devour it at any moment. The humans had managed the trick first, and now the luperci followed suit. If Caspa had been a horse, bound by a few simple straps of leather, she would quickly have found her freedom. Perhaps it was her inability to understand they were not the same as her: their intelligence and minds, while not being any lesser, were quite different. But now she had a few solid rails in between herself and the creature, she felt a little more safe - although even a stable door had not helped her before, when with just a few seconds inattention a huge black monster had seized the coat off her back and forced her to clamber in to retrieve it. She had desperately wanted to leave it there, of course, but she rarely allowed herself the luxury of giving in to fear, and the damn coat was one of the few items of clothing she owned and with her silky fur, in this climate, she knew it to be essential. She did have her wolf blood, which allowed her to refrain from draping herself in the many layers and furs that one half of her family were forced to - they even wore clothing during the summertime, although by now it had become quite a tradition: it made returning to lupus form a rare occasion, though, while Caspa liked to shift often between the two during the warmer period, despite the fact it meant she could not braid her long and floppy hair out of the way. It was back in its cornrows today though, the midwinter making shifting away from the cloth-wearing form a great inconvenience, although she hadn't bothered today considering the action of running kept her warm and it took some time to cool down after a sprint or two.
The willowy-tall woman moved nearer to the wolf as he approached her too, politely sharing the burden of closing the space between them, one hand tracing the top of the rail so that the following cat would have something to paw at. Her dark eyes regarded him solemnly, but inwardly she was relieved not to be met with a torrent of blame or anger. The pleasantness of this pack's membership kept on surprising her, month after month. She could understand how it was that the odd rogue managed to break into their ranks: goodness, if she hadn't been so pious and well-behaved, the things she could have got away with in her time here... But of course, even thinking this, Caspa felt no regret at all. It was her responsibility to guard the world from such troublemakers, not feel tempted to join their ranks.
It is I who should be sorry. A horse is hardly out of place on a racetrack," she said, firmly renouncing his apology. She met his eyes then, and found herself looking into a dark mask. It was a striking marking indeed, and akin to her own dark-rimmed orbs, although the fur of her face was barely touched by the narrow rings whereas his spread right to the cheekbone. "I am not hurt. Well, not from today." Damn her eternal honesty: she had forgotten she was trying to shrug off her injuries; they were almost gone now anyway. "Where on earth did you find a horse so large?" she could not help asking: and it made a good change of subject anyway. It would be good to know the place that was the origin of creatures such as this one, so that she could make certain to carefully avoid it at all costs.
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