Kaede had given up on trying to stay on this rented horse about the fourth time it had shied away from some ominous swirl of ash or a bit of charred cloth flapping in the breeze. So she was leading the splotchy black and white animal on foot, which it seemed fine with. The horse had started to lift its head and perk its ears towards the corner its current owner was about to turn around, but Kaede was entirely oblivious right up to the point where she crashed into someone else.
She might have been close to the same height, but Kaede was still significantly scrawnier than Yukari, even with the amount of training she had done.
So the impact completely topples her backwards and sends her horse scuttling back several steps with a startled snort, dragging her further off balance.
At least Kaede was too stunned at the moment to shout. And her horse doesn't run off, just stands there staring quizzically at its current owner being on the ground. Naoki barks once, a little worried, and fussily blusters up to make sure she was okay.]
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[Well look who it is.
Kaede had given up on trying to stay on this rented horse about the fourth time it had shied away from some ominous swirl of ash or a bit of charred cloth flapping in the breeze. So she was leading the splotchy black and white animal on foot, which it seemed fine with. The horse had started to lift its head and perk its ears towards the corner its current owner was about to turn around, but Kaede was entirely oblivious right up to the point where she crashed into someone else.
She might have been close to the same height, but Kaede was still significantly scrawnier than Yukari, even with the amount of training she had done.
So the impact completely topples her backwards and sends her horse scuttling back several steps with a startled snort, dragging her further off balance.
At least Kaede was too stunned at the moment to shout. And her horse doesn't run off, just stands there staring quizzically at its current owner being on the ground. Naoki barks once, a little worried, and fussily blusters up to make sure she was okay.]