First Test
“The most important item, a saddle, boasted a high, padded front and back.
Extra hands had come to show the first-years how to handle the new items: saddle, reins, double girths, and breast collars. Kel was glad to see that the man in Peachblossom's stall was the hostler Stefan. He was no common stablehand, yet he didn't seem to mind teaching her. Once he'd put the new saddle on her gelding and fastened every strap, he removed it and told Kel to try. Peachblossom sighed and shifted on his feet, ...just as Kel did when she was tired of dress fittings.
"Peachblossom says you didn't want Daine changing him," Stefan remarked, eyes following Kel as she positioned the saddle.
"She wouldn't do it," wheezed Kel. The new gear was heavy.
"But you didn't want her to," Stefan repeated.
Kel shrugged. "It seemed bad. Like, I don't know, like taking his soul." "Not that buckle, the one next to it," Stefan told her a minute later, pointing.
Red-faced, Kel released the strap in her fingers and picked up the right one.MoreLess
Extra hands had come to show the first-years how to handle the new items: saddle, reins, double girths, and breast collars. Kel was glad to see that the man in Peachblossom's stall was the hostler Stefan. He was no common stablehand, yet he didn't seem to mind teaching her. Once he'd put the new saddle on her gelding and fastened every strap, he removed it and told Kel to try. Peachblossom sighed and shifted on his feet, ...just as Kel did when she was tired of dress fittings.
"Peachblossom says you didn't want Daine changing him," Stefan remarked, eyes following Kel as she positioned the saddle.
"She wouldn't do it," wheezed Kel. The new gear was heavy.
"But you didn't want her to," Stefan repeated.
Kel shrugged. "It seemed bad. Like, I don't know, like taking his soul." "Not that buckle, the one next to it," Stefan told her a minute later, pointing.
Red-faced, Kel released the strap in her fingers and picked up the right one.MoreLess
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