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Chapter 69: What Did It Feel Like?

Author: TheRunesmith
last update publish date: 2026-08-12 07:40:07

"Three weeks ago," he said. "The bay gelding in the far stall -- the one that kicks, the one none of the other hands will go near without someone else in the stable. I went in alone and he just -- stopped. He stood completely still and let me work on him and I thought it was a coincidence. I thought he'd had a good day. I thought --" He stopped. "I thought I was lucky."

"What did it feel like?" I said.

"Like the air between me and him changed," Pip said. "Like something settled. Like --" He l
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