—O-oh, [ right. that made him look kind of stupid. jayce shakes his head and prepares to swing his weight up to stand, heavy hands on both sides of the bench and forcing him up, halter over his shoulders and shoes in his tool box. ] no, I'll shoe her.
[ he pauses mid step, and remembers: ]
She's going to need a rider [ he falters here; he had one word in mind, then quickly changes it, ] tomorrow. To test her gait— nothing extreme.
[ he, personally, would like to see the result of it now, but knows that it might be asking for too much. it's just some walking back and forth. viktor could do that, or, someone else could. it just needed to be done and jayce has never gotten over the fear of swinging onto horseback again. he feels like he's a little too brute for these steeds, anyway. his mounting style consists of something more relaxed and western, plus . . .
he probably couldn't be caught dead riding the family horse anyway, even if he entertained the idea for a split second. jayce disappears into the darker halls of the stable to retrieve rio, who should be sleeping— but if the secret is safe with viktor, then this is all okay. he brings her back to where viktor sits, and prepares the ropes and halter right then and there, for him to participate. even if it's just to watch, for now.
he has to work quickly, but not sloppily. jayce hammers the nails in after plenty of eye-to-hand estimations, lifting, using hoof rests to assist the ache in his leg, and so on. it's a lot of physical work, but jayce works so swiftly, so cleanly— he makes it look absolutely easy. ]
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[ he pauses mid step, and remembers: ]
She's going to need a rider [ he falters here; he had one word in mind, then quickly changes it, ] tomorrow. To test her gait— nothing extreme.
[ he, personally, would like to see the result of it now, but knows that it might be asking for too much. it's just some walking back and forth. viktor could do that, or, someone else could. it just needed to be done and jayce has never gotten over the fear of swinging onto horseback again. he feels like he's a little too brute for these steeds, anyway. his mounting style consists of something more relaxed and western, plus . . .
he probably couldn't be caught dead riding the family horse anyway, even if he entertained the idea for a split second. jayce disappears into the darker halls of the stable to retrieve rio, who should be sleeping— but if the secret is safe with viktor, then this is all okay. he brings her back to where viktor sits, and prepares the ropes and halter right then and there, for him to participate. even if it's just to watch, for now.
he has to work quickly, but not sloppily. jayce hammers the nails in after plenty of eye-to-hand estimations, lifting, using hoof rests to assist the ache in his leg, and so on. it's a lot of physical work, but jayce works so swiftly, so cleanly— he makes it look absolutely easy. ]