[Potironette]

The stable master fidgeted uncomfortably again. "Good morning. The sun's quite high. It's a few minutes past noon, I'll say." He wrung his hands impatiently, "I'm surveying for the horses, if you don't mind." Obviously, he wanted to survey in peace.

Kellan raised an eyebrow with a twinkle in his eye. The stable master's attitude when it came to horses always amused him. He smiled and asked, "I'm a little curious, how do you survey anyway?"

The stable master twitched his eyebrows in annoyance, "Leave before I start accepting bribes from the mistress." The stable master was one of the few servants who refused to deliver messages of any sort for bribes. He was much too occupied with horses, he said, whenever a lady or man asked if he would search someone for them. Regardless, he never got fired for his ability.

Kellan laughed, "Alright." He stood up and smoothed down clothes. Nodding to Jei and the stable master, he walked slowly towards the direction of the house. It seemed to him, as he left, that the atmosphere had gotten chillier, even though the sun was higher in the sky.