Hi… I'm back. I own NOTHING, or I'd have saved Murtagh and Thorn LONG before they were made to kill Oromis and Glaedr's body.
Selena gripped Murtagh around his middle as she rode, never once relaxing her hold. Her trusty mare, Caledonia, galloped below them, carrying them far from Morzan's evil. So far, they'd ridden for three days; they still had many weeks before they would even reach Utgard. After Utgard, it would be another fortnight before they reached Carvahall, where her brother and sister-in-law lived.
Murtagh stirred slightly in front of her. "Mother…? Where are we?"
Selena shifted her grip on his small torso. "Somewhere in the wild."
"Where?"
She smiled. "Somewhere north of Morzan, and somewhere south of our destination."
"Mother?"
"Yes dear?"
"Where are we going?"
Selena sighed. "Somewhere safe," she promised.
"Oh. Alright." There was a pause. "I'm hungry. Can we eat soon?"
"Soon, I promise," said Selena.
She felt Murtagh hum happily, the prospect of food—and soon, at that—seemed to put him at ease. Selena smiled tiredly. Then she frowned as she realized that Murtagh's innocent question had brought her own hunger to the fore.
After another hour, Selena deemed it a good time to stop to rest and eat. Caledonia stretched her honey-amber neck down to graze, occasionally shifting her dark feet for better purchase. Selena sat Murtagh down, and dug around in her pack for a meal.
After eating, Murtagh laid down next to a cross-legged Selena and fell asleep. Selena smiled and let him have his nap.
After a half-hour, Selena gently shook her son awake. "Come on, dear. We have to get going." The three-year-old grumbled a bit, but complied.
They mounted Caledonia and rode on.
Well… that's it.
I really want to describe Caledonia now, so if you don't want to see the wild ramblings of a horse person, skip ahead of the following paragraph:
Caledonia is a mare, as well as a dun, which is a special horse coloring; the base color is pale brown, and they always have a black or dark brown stripe running down their spine. They also usually have dark legs. Caledonia is a dun, as I've said, and she has a long, narrow white stripe running down the center of her face. I almost wish I had a dun pony. They're so beautiful! Not to mention Cisco (from Dances with Wolves) is a dun, and she was beautiful.
Okay, done with the horse craze.
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