“No, not scared of horses. But my mother was overprotective. She didn’t like the idea of me riding away from the castle. I think the attack messed with her head, and I was a sickly child. She worried something would happen to me if I ventured out into the big wide world, so she kept me close.” “Even once you got older?” I sigh. “Even then. I still struggle with dizzy and weak spells.”
