backdated to directly after the older GD thread
The Austral man grabbed the reigns of the one horse he had not stabled and brought Faith around the side of the stables, the Clydesdale mare stayed with himself and Analise during the night instead of the other horses, such was their way of things. Faith stomped a hoof and nickered quietly from her great high, moving her massive but slim head forwards to snuffle about his ears and made them twitch. He chuckled and batted her head away. The black mare instead focused on the much smaller female wolf. Faith was incredibly relaxed around wolves despite them being predators, she knew that as long as Leon was around that no one would hurt her.
She snuffled at the young golden female, her soft velvety lips moving back and forth gently against her fur as though nibbling at her. He smiled and crossed his arms over his chest and nodded towards his horse,
"If you wish, you may ride her back to my home."
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He sensed the apprehension and stress welling up inside the young woman before it had even shown on her face, he was intuitive like that and at times was almost empathic in his working out of others feeling, but still her fear caused his smile to falter into a considering half frown, earthen tail flicked in a type of sadness that this should cause her such distress, the very thing that he was so passionate about and loved so much. The large mare nodded her head up and down happily, she was glad to have attention lavished upon her glorious self,
"Si senorita, I can be showing you how." he said softly as Faith snorted loudly, clearing her nose and an answering snort coming from the stables followed by a muffled whinny. The man stepped closer to Saxif, gripped her waist in his huge paws and gently lifted her up, Faith helped him some by lowering herself down as much as she could. He placed her on the black mare's back with a leg resting on either side of Faith's spine. The mare held her head high and proudly as though royalty had just been placed upon her back and pawed at the dirt impatiently, eager to be off and away, the man smiled up and Saxif and wrapped her paws in Faith's mane, he felt it a strange change to be looking up at someone for once,
"Faith is understanding Spanish language, for you Izquierda is meaning Left, Derecha is meaning right, Dejar is Stop and Ir hacia delante is go forwards. She is being born the same day as me and I train her from when she is old enough. no horse is safer than she, smarter than normal she is being and she, if need being, will give her life in place of yours." The man clicked his tongue and gave the command to go forwards, the mare obeyed.