Never would he have dreamed that someone thought of his life as a sad situation. He was well-fed, he was not abused, he was able to live in comfort -- and the only price was sometimes a woman or two would stare at him from a distance or glare from around corners. If the only risk to his life was being stared at to death, who could truly complain?

Her intrigue, for instance, was precisely what he saw as completely natural. She looked, he did not mind. She admired, he did not mind. He simply went about his bathing and basking and was sure to flex a shoulder here, a haunch there, and to pay her respects as his ‘better’ in this place. None of these things were not what he would naturally in the presence of a woman - or even a man sometimes - so what could anyone really say was not to his benefit.

"You must value yourself more, Nomius." He chuckles, though in actual mirth rather than condescension. "It is not devaluing to simply be content in your place in life - to find no hardship in the circumstances you find yourself in. I would be stared at if I were not here, I am not the typical coloration of horses I have seen." He allows a gentle smile to set his mouth to tilting on one side as she rebuts him.

"I'm sure you are more than just looks. If I was Naydra I would be figuring that out." He laughs more fully at that. "But what if I am pretty to the eye, but not to her taste? I am content with my existence here as it is until someone sees fit to choose me and lay their rules as my yoke in their life." He says it kindly, mane now fully wetted by the steam and splashing bubbles. He shakes mildly, not splashing too much. "Until a mistress makes an issue of it, I am happy to be your companion for your bathing."

He tilts his head slightly, mild manner shining in him then. "Miss Clarity, would you allow me to help you bathe?" He says it with no heat of a stallion, no testosterone fueled purr or slavering come hither lip licking. He says it because she seems to need better easement and to think less about his falsely ‘despairing’ situation. "The spring has a good knack for soothing the mind and loosening muscles."