"Hahah, it's most certainly not from my might. I'm a lot smaller than a horse, they weigh tons. I am not under any delusions that I am stronger than they are and I have plenty of mended bone breaks to remind me of that. I ride because they let me and because we work together." He nodded. "Doesn't mean that I'm not good at what I do generally."
He looked Calder over. "Professional riders have tack." he said. "Not even a fool rides a horse without a rein or a saddle, without saddles is the bastion of natives and cultures who do it from birth, I don't pretend to be one of those."
Besides, he'd heard of kelpies.
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