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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Nov 16, 2010 2:48:43 GMT -5
Kayla trotted into the arena and looked around perfectly deep smooth dirt, there where some very nice looking jumps set up, a tingle of excitement went through her, she couldn't wait to jump she hopped they would be, it was sunny today and all the horses where shining, both Marya and Desert looked like fire, and she couldn't really think what color Rose looked like, but she sure was shiny, like a model horse, as they walked to the middle of the arena, and when it looked like time to mount she turned and poked Marya in the shoulder and he bowed, and she got onto him and clicked her tongue and he stood up, and waited for every one else to mount so they could get on with the riding, and then decided to ask Gena a question, "huh Gena, are we gonna jump at all today?" she asked, she hopped they would be.
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on Nov 16, 2010 5:03:09 GMT -5
Sara followed the others into the arena, and looked around. She groaned inwardly when she saw the jumps set up; she loved jumping, but Desert was a clutz. She followed Kayla's lead, taking down her stirrups, she swung up into her saddle. Her quick hop onto Desert's back wasn't quite as spectacular as Kayla had mounted. Sara laughed. "That's neat!" she laughed. "How'd you train him to do that?" Desert tossed his head, happy to finally be out and to have a chance to stretch his legs. "Chill bud," she laughed, running a hand along his neck.
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Post by Super <3 on Nov 16, 2010 7:57:32 GMT -5
Gena walked in after two of the girls and waited for the last. "It depends on how the ride goes! You guys may warm up by walking around the ring!" She watched the girls on their horses and how different they looked in their positions and horses. They both were looking pretty good for the first time riding here. She knew that some horses would freak out just by coming here but their horses were pretty calm. She hoped that in later lessons she could show them some stuff on Gracie, one of her horses.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Nov 16, 2010 15:55:25 GMT -5
Kayla watched Sara mount, "oh its so east alls, you need is a lunge whip and one of those clicker things they use to train dogs," she explained, and started patting Marya on the neck, and turned her attention back on Gena, "OK" she said straighting her back and turning Marya to walk around the arena, she made sure to keep him a good distance from Desert, at least none of the horses were wigging out, she Marya wouldn't he had showed so much he adjusted fast to new surroundings, as they walked around the arena she waited for Marya to warm up a little and then moved him to his best gate a slow plodding jogging, he was barely going faster then a walk this always helped him warm up for jumping, and she was hopping to jump once or twice today, 'I hope we look alright out here' she thought as she jogged along, if you weren't used to Marya you could almost bounce off of him, he looked smooth, but when you were riding him he was very bumpy, then she moved him to his best gate a very slow lope, that was almost a fast trot, but using his legs like he would in a canter.
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Post by musicluva789 LOVES KM!!! on Nov 16, 2010 17:13:35 GMT -5
Jessie did what Gena said and mounted Rose easily after she lengthened the stirrups. She urged Rose on to a walk and pointed her heels down and sat up straight in the saddle with her houlders up. At first she looked around at the other riders on their perfect horses and the remembered to concentrate. If she didnt concentrate she would do horriblle. she just knew it. Rose was doing great but she wondered how they looked together. Her shoulders slouched for a few seconds but quickly straightened them up hoping noone saw it. Especially not gena. she couldnt let gena see any of her flaws no matter how minor. Jessie posted to Rose's trot as soon as she urged Rose to trot. Jessie loved posting. It boosted her confidence and eased away her nervousness. She was nearly perfect at it but accidently fell back at times. She hadnt fallen back yet and hoped and prayed she wouldnt.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Nov 16, 2010 17:24:24 GMT -5
Kayla moved Marya to his canter and as they went around the arena at his fast canter, she sat back in the saddle rolling along with him, but staying in the back of her saddle cause that was how you had to ride with Marya cause he had forward shoulders, and it could be hard to stay on if you went to far forward, she stole a quick glace at Jessie, she was looking good in her posting, she seemed relaxed and looked like she was getting along well with Rose, and then she quickly turned her attention back on Marya before he tried to miss behave like he was very well known for doing, he was moving very loosely, and as he tried to extend his stride, "easy" was all she had to say and he slowed to a nice collected canter, 'I hope we look alright' she thought trying not to remember the time she went to look at him and acted like she never even rode before, "OK boy I think we are doing pretty good" she whispered to him, and felt her self relax more into his stride as she spoke to him it always made her feel good to talk to him while riding.
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Post by musicluva789 LOVES KM!!! on Nov 16, 2010 20:29:59 GMT -5
Jessie saw Kayla sneak a peek at her and thought to herself. "she cant possibly be afraid of competition? Shes so good!" she murmured to rose who gave a short huff of agreement. Jessie urged her into a faster trot, almost a canter, and happily posted along. She carefully stuck out a finger and started drawing circles on Rose's neck. It was what she always did when she was nervous or wanted to boost her or the horses confidence. It always seemed to work tough. Jessie sat deeper in her saddle and straightened her shoulders up more while pushing her heels down more. She was actually quite relaxed and wanted to start doing something more challenging. 'bring it on,' she thougt in her head. she was ready for anything.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Nov 16, 2010 23:19:49 GMT -5
Kayla move with Marya, keeping her mind on him, as she pulled him back down to a nice lope, "are we gonna, do some jumping?" she asked, hopping they would be doing some jumping soon, she could feel Marya being very relaxed and that was the perfect time to jump him, cause she knew when he was relaxed he didn't pull at the bit, when he was excited he tried to rush the fences, and hopped Gena would say they could do some jumping.
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on Nov 17, 2010 1:38:12 GMT -5
Sara waited until the others had begun to warm up first before she asked Desert to walk on. He worked best once he'd seen that other horses were in the arena with him, and that he wasn't alone. She watched as Jessie and Kayla began to trot. Jessie seemed a little nervous, but she was doing awesome on Rose. They looked good together. Kayla seemed like she'd been born in the saddle, cantering around on Marya. Sara nudged Desert with her legs. He walked out a few paces, then stopped. Sara groaned, and leaned down along his neck. "Desert, now is not the time to be lazy," she whispered in his ear. "If you behave, you can have all the apples you can possibly dream of once we're back in the barn." Desert flicked his ears and sighed, and Sara laughed. She gave him a small tap with her legs, then a tighter squeeze. He stepped right out in a nice walk. Once he'd been for a few laps either way, Sara asked him to trot. For once, Desert didn't argue, and bounced into it. He arched his neck and tossed his mane, and Sara rolled her eyes. Of course, he wasn't behaving for her. He was showing off to Rose, and trying to prove to Marya how macho he was. "Oi," she giggled with a little tug on the reins. "I'm still up here you know." She urged him into a canter, and rolled with him, for once not having to keep kicking him. "Good boy," she whispered, guiding him around the ring.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Nov 17, 2010 3:17:08 GMT -5
As Kayla slowed Marya to a nice lope she noticed Sara just picking up the canter, Deserts neck was beautifully arced, he moved very nicely, she looks good with him, she thought, and Jessie was doing great with Rose they looked very good together, Rose was almost in a lope and moving very nicely, she asked Marya to go back to an extended canter and he sped up as soon as she asked, he was very good at picking up cues the minute they were given, just one of the many things she loved about him, as she went around again, she just kept thinking about jumping and kept her back perfectly straight, she barley tugged on the rains and leaned back a bit and he slowed down to a collected trot, then with a slight turn of one rain and the push of a leg and he was side passing in trot and moving forward across the arena, she smiled her widest smile as she did this move, she loved this move and then she stopped and turned to go back in line with the others, and when he turned it was like turning on a swivel, he only moved his shoulders not his hind end, and the he was loping back the center of the ring where she stopped in front of Gena, "I think that should do it for him, he should be well warmed up by now," she said, she had made him do enough that he would be so ready to jump, and played with the mane on his withers while she waited for an answer. [glow=red,2,300]Carrie[/glow]Carrie was walking from the parking lot, she had been heading to the office to see if she could find Gena the owner, to talk to about a job when she noticed three girls riding around in an arena and stopped and started watching them, one was deffently younger, the other two probly sround sixteen or so, they all had beautiful horse, but that raon mare sure was pretty, she had thought, almost the same color as her arab mare, and then she leaned her head on the rail, and watched the girls, two were cantering the other in a nice trot, and then she noticed the women standing in the middle of the arena maybe she was the owner, she thought. OOC: this horse totally looks just like my boy!! [/img] Attachments:
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on Nov 17, 2010 5:01:01 GMT -5
Sara watched as Jessie moved Rose into a faster trot. She looked amazing with the roan mare. She smiled at her as Desert cantered past them, and then she noticed his ears flatten against his head as Marya came into his line of view. She leaned back, putting her weight into the saddle, and slowed Desert to a trot. "None of that!" she scolded, as Desert stamped his foot in annoyance. Sara frowned at him, then looked up and watched Kayla. Marya was in a beautiful extended canter, he looked stunning. Sara watched in amazement as Kayla barely seemed to move, and Marya slowed to a lovely trot and then began to sidepass. It was all Sara could do to stop her jaw from dropping open. Marya spun his front end around, and Kayla ended up in front of Gena. "That was amazing!" Sara gushed. "You're brilliant!" She pretended to bow down to Kayla, and laughed. "I worship your talent," she said with a giggle. Desert was pretty much warmed up, so she turned to watch Jessie and Rose. OOC: Nawwww how cute!!
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Nov 17, 2010 10:53:18 GMT -5
Kayla watched as Sara brought Desert back into the center of the ring, "well thank you, kind subject" she said, bowing her head, laughing along with Sara, she was off to a good start, her and Marya already had three new friends and today was their first day too, "Desert looked good to, he arched his neck beautifully" she said, the bay TB had moved beautiful after Sara had got him goin', "he don't act like he was brought off the track," she said, she had grew up hanging out on an racing ranch, and half those horses were crazy, "most are high strung and crazy in some way," she said smiling, at the pretty calm horse standing next to her, and then she started watching Jessie it wouldn't be long before Rose was warmed up, and then they could do some real riding.
[glow=red,2,300]Carrie[/glow] watched as the lighter bay did some beautiful moves and then she returned him to the middle of the ring and then the other girl returned her big horse back to the ring, and then only roan mare was left trotting around the ring, when they were all stopped she would find out if that was the owner or not.
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Post by Super <3 on Nov 17, 2010 16:18:24 GMT -5
(Guys, you have to wait for everyone to post before writting again. It is hard to teach when everyone is off doing something different ^^)
Gena shook her head and called out. "At a walk girls! You will hurt your horses!" She felt a bit dissrespected for not being listened to. They were a nice bunch but horses came first. She watched them and waited for them to slow down. Walking over to Jessie, she shook her head again, "You need to learn about Rose before pushing her to a trot." Going over to the two other girls, she spoke, "First thing you should know is that horses are the most importent thing in riding and you must respect them otherwise they could end up hurt." They were very nice but she felt this was one of the most importent things. Also, she was a bit grumpy and it was a very big practice lesson. She knew that usually they were only one person. She didn't blame the girls, they just needed to learn. That is when she noticed the girl outside of the ring. "You must be Carrie!" She called out to her, hoping she was right. "I am Gena, come on in!" Looking over to the girls, she spoke, "This is Carrie, she will be helping me teach lessons. They will mostly be beggining lessons but you might have her once or twice." Maybe the girls needed another oppinion, "Carrie, you must warm up a horse by walking a few minutes before asking of them?" She asked the statment as a question so that she could tell the girls. Also, she needed to know how much Carrie knew about riding and training in lessons.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Nov 17, 2010 17:26:47 GMT -5
(oh OK, sorry, I was just super pumped up this morning well today and yesterday more then usual for some reason) Kayla felt pang of guilt, she had been thinking of nothing but Marya for the entire year she had owned him, she started twirling the mane on Marya's withers, and kept her eyes right between his ears, and then she bit her lip, "huh sorry," she said in a low voice, why did she always screw everything up, just like when she went to look at him, she closed her eyes and waited for what ever was next, "I know," she said bitting her lip, she hatted messing up, and then she noticed Gena turn her attention on to some one else, Kayla pulled her head around to see some one walking into the arena. [glow=red,2,300]Carrie[/glow]Carrie walked into the arena moving to the center, " yes I'm Carrie, very nice to meet you, I was on my way to the office when I seen some people riding in here," she said in her mixed accent, that you couldn't really tell if it was a Oklahoma one, or Tennessee one, " yes of course, and after they are warmed up they are ready to move to a faster gait, no sooner," she said specking in her teaching voice, " and you must also know your horse, know their boundaries before trying anything, that they might not be ready for," she said, looking over the girls, and then back to Gena, and smiled.
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Post by musicluva789 LOVES KM!!! on Nov 17, 2010 17:51:15 GMT -5
Jessie stopped completely, hung her head down and bit her lip talking as calmly as she can but still her voice shook a bit,"Im sorry... I... I... Sorry..." she couldnt talk anymore so she quickly busied herself with brushing her fingers through Rose's mane. She didnt want to talk to anyone and she didnt want to be talked to. She almost said thanks you too to sara but she couldnt. If she talked she might start crying. She was like that. She was so sensitive. So weak. she just kept her head down as a tear escaped her eyes and fell onto the roan mare's mane. She quickly wiped her eyes and kept her head down. Infront of everyone! she thought. Why am I always such a screw up!? she screamed in her head at herself. She pet Rose and tried to act calm for the poor mare's sake. The mare was too good to be the ride of a silly little girl.
(Im sorry!!!)
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on Nov 18, 2010 1:42:30 GMT -5
Sara looked between the other two, and felt ashamed of herself. "Sorry, Gena," she said. She didn't know what to do or say; usually she obeyed rules very precisely. "It won't happen again," she said. She knew that she had walked Desert a few laps either direction around the ring, and then trotted him gently before cantering, but she still felt guilty. She stroked him on the neck, trying to avoid eye contact with anyone. "Sorry, big guy," she whispered to him. She looked up again when another lady walked into the ring. Gena called her Carrie. It would be kind of exciting to have two teachers, she thought to herself. But it might get kind of confusing too. She risked a tentative smile at Carrie, and then glanced at Kayla and Jessie. Kayla was looking down, playing with Marya's mane. Jessie was petting Rose, and Sara swore she saw a tear fall down the girl's cheek. She felt a huge pang of guilt, and hung her head in shame. "Sorry," she whispered again, to no one in particular.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Nov 18, 2010 4:59:41 GMT -5
Kayla looked between the other two girls, poor Jessie, she thought, but she quickly truned back to Marya and started blocking her surrounding, its how she delt with things, by blocking everything out of her mind, she prissed her lips tightly together, she knew she had walked Marya around enough, before moving him to the jog, and she started to open her mouth and closed it as fast, as she started to say something 'jeez don't make it worse, don't say something stupid,' she thought, she was known for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time, "huh yeah, I'm sorry," she said, looking at Gena, when she said it, and then she pushed her lips together again, she didn't know if it was out of worry, or out of anger in herself, but she still looked between Gena and the new person who Gena had called Carrie, she wanted them to know she was sorry.
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Post by musicluva789 LOVES KM!!! on Nov 18, 2010 15:00:40 GMT -5
Jessie wiped her eyes again before risking a glance at everyone. Kayla looked almost as sad as she was and sara looked more confused than sad. That was a good thing though. It was good she could deal with things like that. Jessie quietly walked Rose to the other two and whispered silently, "Lets all agree that we will forget this ever happened?" she said it in a shaky voice and it sounded more like a question than a statement. Jessie didn't walk ose again and waited for gena to say something but still kept her head down. She knew if she did anything else she might risk another tear to escape.
OOC:Im so mad! My puppys i guess used-to-be friend dog attacked her. I had to throw him off of her and pick her up before he bit her again so now shes in my lap and im cleaning her scratches and wounds...
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Post by Super <3 on Nov 18, 2010 18:26:17 GMT -5
(Oh my goodness! Are they okay??)
Gena nodded before noticing the sad looks around the ring. "Girls, it is nothing to be upset over. You know now and I trust you will warm up for your horses from now on. Truely you all love your horses and want what is best for them! Posting trot!" The instructer looked around the ring to watch the transitions that the girls would do.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Nov 18, 2010 20:30:12 GMT -5
(OMG they okay?? and by the way my real horse really does this stuff alls you have to do is click ur toung and he will walk and if make a kissing sound then he will trot or if u move ur hips he will go to)
[glow=red,2,300]Kayla[/glow] Kayla looked at Jessie "yeah we can forget all about this," she said, keeping her voice in a low tone, but Kayla was a light hearted spirit, so as soon as they were told to do a posting trot, she grinned widely, and leaned down and stroked Marya's mane, "come on boy," she said, turning him into the arena, and with a rock of her body he was in a posting trot no kick needed, as she went around the arena she kept her heels down and her body in time with his movements, she shot Gena a smile, and then turned her back to Marya.
[glow=red,2,300]Carrie[/glow] She watched the girls, and watched Gena speak to them, as they turned to do a posting trot, she turned back to Gena, "so anyone here that will be one of my students or are they the upper class students?" she asked, she was cruise to know.
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on Nov 19, 2010 4:00:48 GMT -5
(Oh no!!! I hope she's okay!!!! :S Give her hugs and kisses for me, the poor thing!)
Sara gave a small smile, glad that Gena was letting them move on this quickly. "Learn from our mistakes, right?" she asked quietly. She looked up at Jessie, and gave her a thumbs up. Following Kayla, she gently asked Desert to trot, and he was more than happy to oblige. Sara followed Marya, keeping plenty of space between the two horses. She sat up straight, moving easily with Desert's trot. She forced her shoulder's back, and her heels down. She'd always struggled with keeping her shoulders back, they tended to curl forwards, but she was determined to prove to Gena that she could do things right. "That's it boy," she said softly to Desert. He flicked his ears and continued around the arena. Sara quickly glanced down to check that she was on the right diagonal, then looked back up and tried to focus on her posture as they trotted around the ring.
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Post by musicluva789 LOVES KM!!! on Nov 23, 2010 17:13:50 GMT -5
(shes okay now but she tries to avoid that dog whenever she can now and plays with their other dog more... Im so sorry I havent been on but im grounded...)
Jessie gave them both a wide grin and started in a posting trot slowly pushing Rose along. "Lets start over Rose," she whispered to the roan mar beneath her happil posting to te trot.
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Post by Super <3 on Nov 25, 2010 8:35:04 GMT -5
Gena smiled, "Now with that trot, come over this 18 inch cross rail. Sorry I have to learn your level!" She laughed a bit at this.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Nov 25, 2010 14:10:00 GMT -5
Kayla
Kayla smiled and put presure down on Marya's side to turn him into the cross rail, he trotted along in fast gait and then hopped over it without a problem, and then as she went around waiting for the others to go over she pulled Marya down to a jog so she could watch the others come over.
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on Nov 25, 2010 18:40:24 GMT -5
Sara smiled as Kayla and Marya popped straight over the cross rail. Thankfully they were starting small, so Desert could at least get a few good jumps in before he turned into super-clutz. She turned him towards the cross rail and gave him a bit of extra encouragement from her legs. He gave a funny little skip, and then jumped it nicely. "Good boy," Sara praised him, running a hand down his neck. She also pulled him back so she could watch Jessie and Rose.
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Post by musicluva789 LOVES KM!!! on Nov 26, 2010 4:11:44 GMT -5
Jessie smiled a little nervously but went over anyways. She trotted over to the cross rail and nudged Rose's sides bringing her over the jump a little too late. Jessie jerked for ward a little and grabbed rose's mane. She straightened back up with a blush but acted as if it didn't happen.
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Post by tonkatoy on Nov 26, 2010 8:19:46 GMT -5
Griffon Stone
A tall young man about 16 sauntered up to the ring, yes sauntered. He was from out west he had lived and worked on a cattle ranch all of his life. He was good looking, with blonde hair, and tan skin and defined muscles from working out in the sun from dawn to dusk and then a little bit more. He was a great rider, but he knew nothing of english, he could ride just about every western discipline with his horse Cisco, but he wanted to learn the more prominent riding style of this area. He watched the girls go round, there backs straight rising up and down in the saddle. When he trotted he would just sit deep and tended to lean back a smidge. Then came jumping, he watched them one by one pop over the small fence, raising out of the saddle. He would like to learn to jump, but he couldn't do so on Cisco, who hadn't been trained to jump. Maybe when he was better at it he could train his beloved gelding but he would have to start out a little bit easier.
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Post by Super <3 on Nov 27, 2010 12:02:48 GMT -5
Gena watched them closely and decided not to correct them on their practice ride. "Who has cantered?" She looked arounded and spotted her new student and helper. "Griffon? I assume?" He would be hopefully helping around the barn to pay off his and his horse's stay. Hey eyes went back to the girls and waited their reply.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Nov 27, 2010 20:13:48 GMT -5
I went around the ring Sara did OK, but Jessie kinda fell forward but she got herself up pretty good, I noticed a new person on the edge of the arena, "I have done extended canter and fast cantered over jumps," I say as me and Marya trot around the arena, I lean back in my seat slowing him to a jog a western gait but one he does very well.
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on Nov 27, 2010 21:20:16 GMT -5
Sara smiled as she watched Jessie and Rose jump. She gave Jessie a thumbs up, then turned to Gena. Sara didn't notice there was another person until Gena spoke to him. She cocked her head a little and studied him, and then remembered that Gena had asked them a question. "Yeah, I've cantered," she said. "Although this lazy bones here is hardly ever motivated," she added with a small smile, reaching down and rubbing Desert's shoulder.
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