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"Hey Girly" Theo said with a grunt as he set the handful of equipment outside of Morrigan's stall startling the mare enough to lift her head from the nice fresh hay that had been put down. The bay mare snapped her head up and snorted nostrils flaring with a small nicker as she realized it was her boy. She smooshed her nose between the bars expectantly causing the pink haired man to laugh and fish though his pockets.

"I know, I know hold on." He said, already digging though his pockets to find the treat he had shoved in there. "you would thing i starved you." He said, ending up having to bit off one of his gloves, but was successful in his search.

"Was anyone around today?" he asked, eying the empty halls of the Golden Moon Estates barn. He was hard pressed to thing anyone would find him mad for talking to his horse in 2022. Still, he let am embarrassed chuckle slip as he realized he was alone. It was warm and cozy despite the emptiness and Theo found himself relaxing. "I can't believe its only been a few months huh?" he asked opening the stall and giving the mare a good pat on the neck. "hard to imagine we were even at that awful place. I'd really say we lucked out."

The young man took his time, idly chatting with his horse and reminiscing, his hands busily unbraiding and rebraiding Morrigan's mane into perfection. "How about we do some work outside, the sun actually makes it's lovely." He cooed, bridling the mare and leading her down and out to the arena. By the time they made it out of the barn the sun was setting and Theo knew they had very little light left to work with. He cursed his busy work schedule, but he had needed to plan a few more live events if he was ever going to cover the cost of autumn shots and farrier.

Still, with the changing in season, Theo thought it would be a nice idea to soak in some of what remained of the fall sun. And boy was there still sun. Everything was bathed of soft gold and their air was crisp with the Musky-sweet scent of fallen leaves. Theo breathed deeply. he couldn't get over how vastly different this was from the States. Everything was similar sure, but better for the most part. Sure he still ran into some trouble, but more than anything he was grateful to be out from under his father's thumb.

The man was overprotective and more worried about his social image than his son's actual needs.

But he was thousands of miles away and his old phone did not work here.

He was grateful for that at least-- even if he did still put the man as his emergency contact for the barn information.

He began to work Morrigan on the lunge, keeping to a light warmup, stepping her up from a walk, trot, canter in their own respective rhythm, praising her for her confidence and relaxation. He couldn't believe how much progress they had made since uniting. He took pride in his little blind mare-- Going from a trembling timid thing to a gorgeous and confident beast.

He admired her, watching the golden light reflect off the deep almost purple brown of he coat and how the sun made her seal points glow like fire. The stark white of her legs and face set a flashy contrast he was sure would turn heads when they managed to finally make it to the show ring.

Soon...

He reminded himself, bringing the mare back down to a walk.

"hey Lady, want to keep learning that new trick?" He asked on his approach, gently patting her head and offering her another treat from his pocket. Morrigan seemed more interested in the but of sweet than her owners words, but Theo took it as agreement nonetheless.

He unwound the reins from her neck and lead her to the side of the arena swapping his lungewip for a long dressage whip. "remember how i asked you to pick your feet up? we are going to do more of that."

He said as he tapped the back of the mare's pastern, she lifted her foot. "'atta girl" he purred, giving her a quick scritch on the shoulder. He did it again but this time he asked her to step forward, causing the mare to reach and with that he began to cue the verbal command. He watched her work though the progress they had built, each step coming together cleaner and cleaner, marveling in how smart and trusting his mare was.

"Okay, now time for the new stuff" He said, taking the reins over Morrigan's head and asking for the verbal cue as he tapped her leg and lifted one rein. At this stage she balked, jumping forward, confused and Theo laughed, patting her reassuringly. "Sorry, that was a bit too quick, huh?" He lifted the rein and tapped her foot, asking her to just lift the leg ad Morrigan seemed more inclined to do that.

He repeated the action a few more times getting her used to the command and what he was asking before he once again asked for the fill movement.

This time, Morrigan caught on and lifted her leg, and stepped forward on the cue.

A thrill of immense satisfaction and happiness took over the lad. "Amazing! good girl!" he squeaked, uncaring who heard the outburst as he lathered the mare in praises.

"Alright one more time!"

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okay so.... Added more to this little story and i am very happy with it

I am not happy with how theo came out. but you know... beggars cant be choosers and i have pressed my artistic luck enough with the trees and lighting. But all in all i had fun on this little doodle. I'll prolly redo this piece later anyway hahaha!

anyway enjoy!

Word count: 934

Training:
Flat work/In hand: +3 Stamina +4 Balance +3 Strength

ART EXP: 16
Colored full body +4
Complex Shading +4
Background +4
Lit: +4

No ref used

Description
"Hey Girly" Theo said with a grunt as he set the handful of equipment outside of Morrigan's stall startling the mare enough to lift her head from the nice fresh hay that had been put down. The bay mare snapped her head up and snorted nostrils flaring with a small nicker as she realized it was her boy. She smooshed her nose between the bars expectantly causing the pink haired man to laugh and fish though his pockets.

"I know, I know hold on." He said, already digging though his pockets to find the treat he had shoved in there. "you would thing i starved you." He said, ending up having to bit off one of his gloves, but was successful in his search.

"Was anyone around today?" he asked, eying the empty halls of the Golden Moon Estates barn. He was hard pressed to thing anyone would find him mad for talking to his horse in 2022. Still, he let am embarrassed chuckle slip as he realized he was alone. It was warm and cozy despite the emptiness and Theo found himself relaxing. "I can't believe its only been a few months huh?" he asked opening the stall and giving the mare a good pat on the neck. "hard to imagine we were even at that awful place. I'd really say we lucked out."

The young man took his time, idly chatting with his horse and reminiscing, his hands busily unbraiding and rebraiding Morrigan's mane into perfection. "How about we do some work outside, the sun actually makes it's lovely." He cooed, bridling the mare and leading her down and out to the arena. By the time they made it out of the barn the sun was setting and Theo knew they had very little light left to work with. He cursed his busy work schedule, but he had needed to plan a few more live events if he was ever going to cover the cost of autumn shots and farrier.

Still, with the changing in season, Theo thought it would be a nice idea to soak in some of what remained of the fall sun. And boy was there still sun. Everything was bathed of soft gold and their air was crisp with the Musky-sweet scent of fallen leaves. Theo breathed deeply. he couldn't get over how vastly different this was from the States. Everything was similar sure, but better for the most part. Sure he still ran into some trouble, but more than anything he was grateful to be out from under his father's thumb.

The man was overprotective and more worried about his social image than his son's actual needs.

But he was thousands of miles away and his old phone did not work here.

He was grateful for that at least-- even if he did still put the man as his emergency contact for the barn information.

He began to work Morrigan on the lunge, keeping to a light warmup, stepping her up from a walk, trot, canter in their own respective rhythm, praising her for her confidence and relaxation. He couldn't believe how much progress they had made since uniting. He took pride in his little blind mare-- Going from a trembling timid thing to a gorgeous and confident beast.

He admired her, watching the golden light reflect off the deep almost purple brown of he coat and how the sun made her seal points glow like fire. The stark white of her legs and face set a flashy contrast he was sure would turn heads when they managed to finally make it to the show ring.

Soon...

He reminded himself, bringing the mare back down to a walk.

"hey Lady, want to keep learning that new trick?" He asked on his approach, gently patting her head and offering her another treat from his pocket. Morrigan seemed more interested in the but of sweet than her owners words, but Theo took it as agreement nonetheless.

He unwound the reins from her neck and lead her to the side of the arena swapping his lungewip for a long dressage whip. "remember how i asked you to pick your feet up? we are going to do more of that."

He said as he tapped the back of the mare's pastern, she lifted her foot. "'atta girl" he purred, giving her a quick scritch on the shoulder. He did it again but this time he asked her to step forward, causing the mare to reach and with that he began to cue the verbal command. He watched her work though the progress they had built, each step coming together cleaner and cleaner, marveling in how smart and trusting his mare was.

"Okay, now time for the new stuff" He said, taking the reins over Morrigan's head and asking for the verbal cue as he tapped her leg and lifted one rein. At this stage she balked, jumping forward, confused and Theo laughed, patting her reassuringly. "Sorry, that was a bit too quick, huh?" He lifted the rein and tapped her foot, asking her to just lift the leg ad Morrigan seemed more inclined to do that.

He repeated the action a few more times getting her used to the command and what he was asking before he once again asked for the fill movement.

This time, Morrigan caught on and lifted her leg, and stepped forward on the cue.

A thrill of immense satisfaction and happiness took over the lad. "Amazing! good girl!" he squeaked, uncaring who heard the outburst as he lathered the mare in praises.

"Alright one more time!"

---
okay so.... Added more to this little story and i am very happy with it

I am not happy with how theo came out. but you know... beggars cant be choosers and i have pressed my artistic luck enough with the trees and lighting. But all in all i had fun on this little doodle. I'll prolly redo this piece later anyway hahaha!

anyway enjoy!

Word count: 934

Training:
Flat work/In hand: +3 Stamina +4 Balance +3 Strength

ART EXP: 16
Colored full body +4
Complex Shading +4
Background +4
Lit: +4

No ref used