Soljor chuckled to himself as the colt sprinted past him. Kids were all too full of energy. Although clearly Stardust had not quite slowed down yet. Harlequin had quieted and so had Luana. As far as he knew. He couldn’t do much about that though. He did let out a worried nicker as Kodiak’s legs caught one another and he took a tumble. But the dark colt was back on his feet in a hurry and Soljor’s laugh returned. He trotted over to the boy.

Oh, a part of him felt that his son was trying to get something out of him. If it were one of his daughters, he’d probably lecture them about being away from their mother at this hour. But, already he was looking at his boys differently than his daughters.

“Yes,” Soljor said. “It’s a good thing to get up a bit early. Let the ladies sleep though. Some of them don’t handle mornings well.” His mother had been the type. He looked at the colt. “Now, why would you be coming after me? Because I’m awake?” He was curious. It would be a good time to get to instruct Kodiak a bit. Soljor had had to learn a lot on his own, about what it meant to be a stallion, but he would attempt to give his boys a chance at a strong foundation and then allow the Lagoon to teach them more.