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Hennessy, The wonderful Head Mod! A St. Aubyn at heart.
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Nov 20, 2013 10:34PM
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Joey stood inside a stall, brushing a cream-colored horse with a black mane, black socks, and intelligent brown eyes. He brushed the animal with long, slow strokes, talking gently to it. "That's a good girl, Bailey. I'll give you a nice bucket of oats after I'm done brushing you." Bailey nickered and bobbed her head in response.
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Joey whirled around at the sound of her voice, not having heard her come into the stables. "Miss St. Aubyn! I'm sorry, I didn't hear you come in. Um.. did you come for a horse? Bailey here isn't ready to ride at the moment, but I could get another horse ready for you."
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"Well, this here's Bailey." Joey said, patting the mare. "She's the nicest mare I've ever met. Then there's Auden over there, the big black one. He has quite a temper and doesn't like hay, but he listens to me. Thomson is the small gray horse over there with the white mark on his forehead. He's old and not very fast, but can canter for a long time. He also loves apples." Joey walked over to the third stall. "This here is Snow." He said, pointing to a white mare who nuzzled him with her nose. "She's the youngest one here, but she's also the fastest as well." He walked over to the last stall, gesturing for Cambria to follow. "And this one is Jester." Joey stated, petting a brown horse with a black mane and tail. "He's a spirited horse, and loves to be ridden. You can pet him if you want."
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"Hmm... Tough question, that is." Joey said, looking at the five horses. "I care for all of them, so they're like my family. Kind of hard to choose favorites in a family." He scratched his head, looking over at Cambria. "Which one do you like, Miss St. Aubyn?"
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Joey smiled. "A good choice Miss St. Aubyn. It seems like Snow likes you too." He petted the mare's nose. He hesitated for a moment, then said, "If I may be so bold, Miss. You said earlier that you came here to think. Is something troubling you?"
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"Why would you not be given a choice?" Joey asked. "You are a Lady of the St. Aubyn family. You have wealth, and enough power to do what you please, whenever you please. If anybody has a choice of their future, it is you."
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"Hmmm..." Joey said. He didn't quite know what to say, as he had never been in the kind of situation that Cambria was in. So instead, he said. "Would you... like to go for a ride? My father always said that horse riding makes the rider's fears disappear. Not sure if it'll work, but would you like to give it a try?" Who knows, maybe what his father said was true.
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"It'd be an honor, Miss St. Aubyn." Joey said, smiling. Then he turned and called to another stable hand. "Oy! I need you to finish brushing Bailey, and after you're done with that, give her a bucket of oats." The other boy nodded, and hurried off to do as ordered. "Alright, let's get Snow saddled up." Joey said, and put on the riding gear. He then placed down a stool for Cambria to step on so she could easily swing herself up onto the saddle.
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"I'll ride Thomson. He hasn't been out of the stables in a while, so this would be a good chance for him to stretch his legs." Joey said, walking over to the gray horse. "You want to go for a ride, old boy?" He asked the horse, who pricked his ears up and walked towards him. "I'll take that as a yes." A couple minutes later, Thomson was saddled up and ridden out of the stall. "Where would you like to go, Miss St. Aubyn?"
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((Gtg))"Okay. Let's go to Hyde Park." Joey said, then flicked the reigns and both the boy and horse led the way at a steady trot out of the stables.
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((I'm back! :) I'm going to RP at the Hyde Park discussion thread))
