Near Sirius cabin, Monday morning

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

Trenor was a very bored horse. Not that he wasn't being looked after properly, but he missed his person, and he was sick of his stall and his yard. So he'd escaped and wandered into camp, in hopes of finding someone to give him treats. When he sniffed at the odd rock near one of the cabins he got quite a surprise.

It stood up.

Legs splayed, he stared at it in shock.

When it spoke, his ears pointed straight at it, and he quivered in astonishment.

"Horses Are Not Supposed To Walk Around Alone. You Should Be In Your Stable."

Trenor simply kept staring at her, and it was much too late when he finally decided to bolt.

Gladys reached out one massive hand and, with surprising delicacy, caught his halter. Trenor pulled back, but he was only a small gelding and Gladys was immovable object and irresistible force all rolled into one.

Even his attempt at passive resistance didn't work. Rather than drag him back to the stables, Gladys simply picked the horse up and put him over her shoulder. Trenor flailed his legs once, trying to leap off, but Gladys barely noticed. Balancing him carefully, she began to walk out of camp. "Now You Will Go Back To Your Stable."

Ears drooping, Trenor hung limply over her shoulder, whuffling to himself.

[ooc: Totally open! (Though it'll be SP in two hours cause I have to go to bed.) And yup, it's canon, a golem can easily carry a horse. Poor Trenor.]

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[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

"Good Morning, River."

Trenor gave her a very sad look and whickered.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Horses aren't used to being carried," River observed.

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

"He Did Not Want To Be Led," Gladys explained. "And He Needs To Be Returned To His Stable So He Will Have To Learn. Horses Should Not Walk Around Alone."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Why not?" River took a bite out of the apple she had brought with her.

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

Trenor stretched out his head towards the apple, lipping at the air.

"Because It Is Not Where They Belong. He Could Become Injured Or Get Lost. Horses Belong In A Stable Unless They Are Working."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"He might want to dance," River pointed out, offering Trenor what remained of the apple.

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

Gladys' eyes flickered. "Horses Do Not Dance."

Trenor couldn't care less, about dancing or about the fact that he was suspended above the ground. He had an apple. His eyes closed in bliss as he crunched it up.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"They do," River objected stubbornly.

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

Gladys regarded River, eyes dmming slightly, while Trenor happily ate his apple. "They Run And They Carry People And They Pull Carts. None Of Those Are Dancing."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"The also run in the grass, prance, follow each other, enjoying the movement. That is dancing." River smiled.

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

Her experience with horses being limited to the working variety, who had exhibited a distinct lack of prancing in the grass, Gladys fell back on what she was certain of. "He Still Should Not Be Out Alone. He Is Not A Wild Horse."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"But he needs exercise. Can't you take him running on the beach?" River asked. "He might also need his mane braided."

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

"No. He Is Not My Horse, So That Would Be Theft. Lost Property And Animals Must Be Returned, So I Will Take Him Back To The Stable."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"He's Karal's horse, but Karal's not here." River figured this wouldn't be a good time to mention what they did for a living on Serenity.

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

Trenor's ears perked up at Karal's name and he nickered.

"The Horse Still Belongs To Him, Even If He Is Not Here. It Would Be Wrong To Take Him Without Permission."

[ooc: Sleeptime!]

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River grinned at Trenor. "Don't think Karal would mind," she commented quietly, but she guessed that wouldn't persuade the golem, and it really wasn't important.

[Night!]

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

"That Does Not Matter," she intoned.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River just giggled in reply.

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

Gladys just looked at her, and Trenor pricked his ears up. "Did I Say Something Funny?"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Golem philosophy." Yes, it was funny.

[Bedtime!]

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

"Golems Do Not Have A Philosophy." If it was possible for a golem to look puzzled, Gladys did.

[Sleep well!]

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"You have plenty of rules for right and wrong. Might be said to equal a philosophy." River smiled at Gladys.