When morning came Allen was still in camp and awaiting the rise of the three humans.
"You're coming with us then?" Allen turned to see Kanda emerge from his tent. The centaur only nodded in response.
"It's going to take the others awhile before they wake up." Kanda scoffs lightly as turns back to the tent.
"Let them take their time." Allen sighs.
"I don't know what Lavi has planned but we are going to have to go to human civilization for a bit. So I'll ask again, do you really want to follow us there?" Kanda points out while moving about the camp tidying up little things.
"Honestly it's probably safer with you then these woods right now." Allen hums as he follows Kanda around the campsite.
"That means you're going to be stuck with me." Kanda scowls at the thought.
"If it sickens you so much then why can't I stay with the others?" Allen hisses and stamps one of his hooves.
"I'm your best choice. Not only do I live farther from the city but I have a horse stable which is where you're going to be hiding out." Kanda explains.
"A horse stable? Does that have something to do with this mare that Lavi mentioned last night?" Allen questions with a cock of his head.
"It's a special building intended to shelter horses specifically. As for the other part of the question, yes Mugen lives in this stable and she's the only horse I have." Kanda answers with a little less harshness then the rest of the conversation.
"Isn't she only all by herself like that? I know being without a herd is very lonely…" Allen pouts.
"She's a very wild spirit, never has gotten along with other horses. If she's lonely she's never let me know it." Kanda replies with a soft grin.
"I better not get on her bad side then." Allen chuckles.
"What's with all the early risers around here?" Lavi pokes his head out of tent and lets out a huge yawn.
"Get your ass up and help me pack up camp." Kanda walks over to the tent with his arms crossed over his chest.
"I dare you to tell Lenalee that." Lavi whines before ducking back into the tent.
"I don't have a death wish." Kanda hisses and goes into the tent himself. The humans seem to remain fairly quiet as they gather together their things. When Lenalee finally wakes she joins her companions in clean up and is the one to dictate when things are finished.
"Did you all walk all the way here?" Allen asks once the group starts their trek out of the woods.
"Yes, these woods aren't too far from the city. Heck we can easily reach Kanda's little ranch without use of any roads." Lavi answers with a whistle.
"It's not a ranch." Kanda huffs.
"It's a plot of land with a stable and a house, it's practically a ranch." Lavi huffs back.
"Please don't start fighting." Lenalee sighs and pinches the bridge of her nose. Allen can't help but let a laugh out at the humans' actions. The whole hike was full of questions, answers, a couple of shouts, and plenty of small laughs. Allen could swear he felt right at home with these humans; he was very glad to come across so lucky. It took a whiny in air for the humans to stop in their walking.
"Sounds like this is where we part ways." Lavi hums as he pats Allen's flank.
"What? Why?" Allen questions.
"Because I can hear Mugen from here which means two things; We are close to Kanda's house and unless I want to get some hoof prints in my chest I better not get in her territory." Lavi explains with a nervous chuckle.
"You and Lenalee can head to the house, I'll go place Mugen in the stable. You're coming with me Moyashi so she can get introductions out of the way." Kanda turns to Allen and gestures for him to follow.
"Moyashi?" Allen huffs in confusion.
"Don't worry, a nickname only means he likes you." Lavi snickers.
"Oh you boys." Lenalee sighs, "We'll meet you back at the house later Kanda." With that the group split and Allen was on his way meet Mugen. Which it didn't take to long as she had galloped right up to him and took a stance to rear up at him.
"Woah girl." Kanda holds up a hand and the mare immediately calms down. She even pouts her snout in his hand.
"She's very beautiful." Allen remarks as he takes in the pure black horse in front of him.
"Of course, I take very good care of her and she also knows how to take care of herself." Kanda murmurs as he trails a hand over his horse. "Now let's get you to the stable." Allen was sure to follow Kanda and Mugen as they started leading the way.
"There are plenty of stalls to choose from for you to call a space to stay in the stable. Just as long as you don't challenge Mugen for hers of course." Kanda explains when the building comes in sight.
"Don't worry, I'm staying out of her way." Allen replies as the mare turns back to him and snorts. Kanda nods at that. The stable was bigger than Allen pictured it to be and he watched with interest as Mugen followed Kanda inside. The sound of her hooves against a hard surface was the most interesting thing to the centaur, at least until Kanda moved a wood panel and Mugen walked inside only for Kanda to move the panel back.
"She's trapped? Why would you do that?" Allen gasps when Kanda starts walking back towards him.
"It's only a safety measure. She can't get out to wander where she shouldn't and nothing can get in to harm her. It's just how we do things. And I'm not going to shut you in if that's what your worried about." Kanda sighs and shakes his head.
"Well if she's okay with it then…" Allen murmurs and looks to the grey surface that lined the stable's interior. "Is this rock?" He tentatively puts a hoof on the flooring and listens to the echo he creates.
"It's called concrete, it's the foundation for the building. The stable stalls are full of hay however." Kanda steps back into the stable and waits for Allen to start following. The centaur ends up choosing the stall across from Mugen and rolls onto his back once on the hay.
"This stuff is neat." Allen giggles and tosses some of the hay in the air.
"Whatever you say Moyashi." Kanda hums.
"The name is Allen." The centaur huffs and glares at the human. Kanda scuffs softly and turns his back to Allen. He then leaves the the centaur and the stable all together. Allen can only assume the man is heading to his house to reconvene with Lavi and Lenalee.
"So Mugen…" Allen gets to his feet and looks to the black mare, "Got any gossip on your human there?" She gives a snort and neigh and Allen lets out big laugh.