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She does not notice his struggles, as children are masters of overlooking such reality. The first time that she actually responds to him directly is only once he affirms her fear and she suddenly jolts under and between his legs. She bends her legs barely, crouched because she is not THAT small despite almost fitting under him in general. "Shahin go home."
"No! It’ll get me!" she squeals in foalish fear. "I want to stay with you!" She had a life that had taught her that all within the dunes could be trusted to respect her father’s people. She does not think of him as a threat, nor consider that he might lie to her. What she ‘knows’ is that alone, she would be even more in danger trying to get back home to her father’s oasis.
Her eyes are wide and show the whites, her little fluffed tail tucked against her haunches tightly. "Can’t I stay with you?."
It is just at that moment that Al Hilal appears behind them in a dune gully. "Falcon," the deep voice commands…
OF THE EASTERN DUNES
▻ mare - arabian - chestnut rabicano with birdcatchers - 15.1 hh ◅