Today Rider was hanging out with Glendale, and boy was Horse right about her being a kleptomaniac since Glendale loved to steal.
Which is why the human girl decided to come up with a way to help the gerenuktaur find a healthier way to ease her anxiety since it's what's causes Glendale feel like she has to steal everything and anything in her sight.
The question was, how to help Glendale learn to steal only certain things that can and would help the herd without getting distracted by other things that would most likely catch Glendale's attention, so she'd take those things.
Rider observed Glendale closely so it would be easier for her to help the kleptomaniac as she was now stealing another tree and a couple of flowers while speaking nonsense since Rider couldn't understand was being said.
After a few minutes of Glendale stealing more things, Rider then remembered what she had done to help herself stop taking things that didn't belong to her in order to survive before joining the army after losing her parents.
"I think I have the solution to your stealing problem, Glendale." Rider said with a smile, Glendale looked at her in wonder. "How're you going to solve this? I need to steal!" Glendale responded in a state of panic to Rider.
Rider's solution wasn't to cure Glendale's kleptomaniac ways completely, but to at least help her learn to not steal everything that she came across since stealing was part of what Glendale did to make herself feel better.
After hearing how Rider was going to help Glendale focus on whatever objects that she stole, that they both thought would be useful to help get their herd out of any trouble or dangerous situations in both of the worlds.
"I don't know if I can focus on certain objects only." Glendale confessed; Rider smiled at her with confidence. "That's why we're going to practice starting now." Rider said as she put down a rope, some water and a couple of flowers.
Rider's test for Glendale was for her to focus on taking only two things that were deemed important to help Glendale survive should she ever get separated from the rest of the herd while Rider helped her focus on the two items.
[Play Slow Walk from I heart Arlo]
[Rider]
(Music)
Whup!
Yeah!
Focus...
Focus...
Ra-ta-ta!
Focus...
Focus, focus, focus...
With a breath, I slow it all way down
In the bay, idle minds go wait out
Complicate when it all comes bearing down
Take the time to let it go (Eh...)
With a breath, exhale my nerves out (Focus, focus, focus...)
I digress, gonna make my way down (Focus, focus, focus...)
Like a turtle, slow walk to the bay, now (Focus, focus, focus...)
With a purpose, I let it go (Let it go) (Focus, focus, focus...)
Let it go, go, go (Focus, focus...)
(Music)
Whoa-oh-oh, slow walk
Mmm, yeah...
Slow walk...
Whoa-oh-oh, slow walk
With a breath, I throw it all way down
In the bay, idle minds go wait out
Complicate when it all comes bearing down
Take the time to let it go (Let it go)
With a breath, exhale my nerves out (Focus, focus, focus...)
I digress, gonna make my way down (Focus, focus, focus...)
Like a turtle, slow walk to the bay, now (Focus, focus, focus...)
With a purpose, I let it go (Focus, focus...) (Let it go)
I let it, let it go, go (Focus, focus...)
(Music)
Whoa-oh-oh, slow walk (Focus...)
Whoa-oh-oh, slow walk (Focus, focus...)
(Music)
Focus, focus...
Slow walk...
Whoa-oh-oh, slow walk
Slow walk...
Whoa-oh-oh, slow walk
Focus...
Slow walk...
Whoa-oh-oh, slow walk
Slow walk...
Whoa-oh-oh, slow walk
Focus, focus, focus, focus...
At the end of the song and test, Rider saw that Glendale took only the food and water while leaving the flowers alone. "How'd I do?" Glendale asked nervously, Rider's smile got bigger. "You did great." Rider replied to her.
Glendale was so happy that she passed Rider's test with her help since the song had helped Glendale to focus on what she was supposed to take. "Thank you so much!" Glendale said as she hugged Rider, she returned the hug.
"It was my pleasure." Rider responded happily, while Rider knew that Glendale would probably end up stealing other things, she at least understood that Glendale could steal the most important things to help the herd now.
Rider and Glendale spent the rest of their day practicing what important objects to steal in order to help the other out of a dangerous situation even though the kleptomaniac did have some useful items in her portal tummy.
Both knew that you could never be too careful when it came to having lots of stuff that could help during their mission to help mend the wounds that both human and centaurwold has from the war which had affected both worlds.
While practicing, Rider and Glendale also finally got the chance to talk about whatever came to mind, like Rider told her what Horse had been like when they were both little and Glendale told Rider how she started stealing things.
Neither of them thought that they'd have anything in common, but when it comes down to it, both human and centaur knew that if they took the time to get to know each other, then they'd find something that they both liked to do together.
Soon, it was time for Rider and Glendale to head back to the houseboat and Rider couldn't wait to hang out with Durplerton and Stabby since the duo are a father-son package deal, so Rider would hang out with both of them the next day.
New chapter done! I don't own the song in this chapter, please review and no flames!