The Stables: The Horse and His Boy

[Benjamin Brant]

Feeling like he didn't have much to do, Ben had gone wandering around campus when he had found the stables. One thing led to another and the next thing he knew he was cleaning stuff out, feeding the animals, and generally caring for them. He looked fairly happy as he worked. A little distant and thoughtful, but also like he was genuinely enjoying himself. At the moment, he was brushing down one of the draft horses.

[Alex Carpenter]

There was a crash from the other room, followed by quite a lot of swearing as a bunch of horseshoes fell to the ground.

[Benjamin Brant]

After calming down a startled horse (who Ben had named John Updike for some reason), Ben headed into the next room to check on what was going on.

"Everyone okay in here?" Ben asks, "There was an awful racket."

[Alex Carpenter]

Alex was grumbling as he picked the fallen horseshoes up off the floor. "Yeah, just me... I was seeing how many of these they had... looks like they don't have enough that they wouldn't miss a few boxes. If they came in boxes."

[Benjamin Brant]

"Why do you need horse shoes?' Ben asks, "Are you running low on luck?"