livingmyths | 096: Just Rain?

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096: Just Rain?

I guess I have to think about things some more. Some people who are really important to me don't want to call me River because Rain is really important to them.

So maybe... maybe Rain is good enough. I have to think about it for a while.

[Private to Harry]

Harry? Is he all right? Can I see him?

[Private to Thomas[

Thomas... This doesn't change the way I feel about you.

I just want to help. Please let me? At least keep talking to me.

I'll be watching Orion and pretending I'm with you.

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"A Chocolate something, hm? It's good for her coloring." He looked over Rain's shoulder at the horse's head.

"You have to help too," she said with a grin.

"Oops. I forgot all about that." He laughed and thought for a moment. "Chocolate something... It should be something for her gentle nature."

"Chocolate Kisses?" she said with a giggle. "No, we couldn't call her something so silly."

"Chocolate Kisses?" He laughed. "And why can't we call her something silly? She's ours."

"Mat! She's your horse. You wouldn't want to call her something crazy!"

"Our horse."

She turned to look at him seriously. "Really?"

He laughed and nodded. "Really."

She stretched up to kiss him impulsively. "Oh Mat!"

He returned the kiss with a smile. "You're welcome."

She leaned forward to rest her head against the horse for a moment, totally trusting Mat to keep her safe, and whispered to the animal before sitting back up again and snuggling against Mat. "She doesn't mind."

Laughing softly, he leaned forward and kissed her cheek. "Well that's good."

"It was a lucky day when I truth or dared you during that curse," she said cheerfully.

He grinned. "Your lucky day or mine?"

"Definitely mine at least," she said with a smile.

"Well then it was mine too."

She looked up at him, face and eyes serious, despite her obvious happiness. "I'm glad about that. So glad you think so."

"I do think so. And I mean every word of it." Smiling gently now, he brought the horse to a halt. "Let's give her something to drink."

"Can she drink right here in the river?" Rain asked. "The water's clean and good. I've been drinking it for days."

He nodded as he got down and helped her down afterwards. "She can." Clicking again, he guides the horse over then keeps a close eye on how much she has to drink.

Rain stretched, entirely unselfconsciously, then lay down on the grass in the sun by the river to watch Mat and the horse. "So you've ridden lots of horses?"

"I have. I love horses. Teaching me about horses was one of the few things my da could do without me being lazy. The other was the quarterstaff." Guiding the horse away from the water, he talked to her softly as he tied her reins loosely to a tree branch. With a sigh, he sat next to Rain.

She curled into him, resting her head against one hip, with one arm draped around him. "Horses and quarterstaffs. What do they have in common that you should like them both so much?"

"They don't really. I like horses because I've always been good with them. The quarterstaff though. There's a story where I'm from about the greatest swordsman in all the land. No one could defeat him. And everyone tried." He smiled down at her. "One day he came across a farmer. A fight began between them and moments later the man with the sword was on the ground. He was stunned that this simple farmer with his quarterstaff had defeated him. I wanted to be like that farmer and my da is so good at it that I wanted to be like him too. He always wins competitions with it during festivals."

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