Allow your legs to settle naturally at my sides, child! Your breast to my nape, and hold my mane as you would reins! Very, very tightly. You can do it.
[ the mare's gate grows antsy and excited to run, only giving the girl those few moments to prepare herself— before her strides hit the sand and propel them, forward and fast. the transition to a gallop is smooth enough, an airy bounce to it kept and hopefully making the ride manageable. the gallop escalates, the mare whinnies, throws her head and snorts out the air she strongly breathes—
and soon enough, they are at a fully-fledged dash across the beach. wild and free, as the wolf mother had said. ]
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[ the mare's gate grows antsy and excited to run, only giving the girl those few moments to prepare herself— before her strides hit the sand and propel them, forward and fast. the transition to a gallop is smooth enough, an airy bounce to it kept and hopefully making the ride manageable. the gallop escalates, the mare whinnies, throws her head and snorts out the air she strongly breathes—
and soon enough, they are at a fully-fledged dash across the beach. wild and free, as the wolf mother had said. ]