Thor was pleased with how closely Devi was following all of his instructions. It was clear that she felt a healthy sort of fear and respect for the horse, which was good. It was a powerful, living creature and should be treated accordingly. Once they were all ready and leading the horses out of the barn he considered her question.
"Why don't we start off in the corral and see how well you do. Then we can go from there," Thor told her. It wouldn't do any good to get going anywhere only for her to fall off over and over. Better to do that here.
Animals were here before humans were and Devi had always tried her best to respect them as well as she could. It helped that horses could be just as dangerous as they could be fun, or so modern media would have her believe.
It set her up well.
"That sounds like it has significantly less head injuries, so I won't argue," she said, following behind him. Once they got there, she stood dumbly, one hand on the saddle horn.
"Oh, well..." Thor at least managed to look a bit sheepish as he jumped up onto the horse from behind, clearly using his ability of flight to get up on it. He had tried the normal way when he first learned but had felt so stupid and fallen off so many times that he just stopped bothering to do it that way and went with this method. Besides, nothing said that you couldn't mount a horse in this manner, it was just that most people couldn't. Besides, it wasn't like the horse seemed to care one way or another.
Devi frowned at him and the ease that he mounted up, being forced to sharply note the loss of that particular limb and power. "That's cheating," she said with a pout.
Cheating or not, she stuck a foot in the stirrup and bounced a little before half jumping, pulling herself onto the horse. Or trying. With a little sound, Devi fell back to her feet. Undeterred, she tried again and got on, working to swing her leg over it's back so she could straighten with a gleeful little sound.
"The bounce. The bounce definitely helped. Don't tell me you can't do that, I refuse to believe," she said with a grin.
“I fell on my ass twice when I first tried,” Thor admitted with a laugh. Only he had to stop partway through the laugh because it was such a different sounding laugh that he’d been confused. He was more-or-less used to his voice being different but the different laugh was something new.
“Is that a good laugh? I can’t tell if my laugh is a good laugh,” he said, making a bit of a face. It would be weird to have to try and do a different laugh while in this body.
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Date: 2019-01-09 02:12 am (UTC)Thor was pleased with how closely Devi was following all of his instructions. It was clear that she felt a healthy sort of fear and respect for the horse, which was good. It was a powerful, living creature and should be treated accordingly. Once they were all ready and leading the horses out of the barn he considered her question.
"Why don't we start off in the corral and see how well you do. Then we can go from there," Thor told her. It wouldn't do any good to get going anywhere only for her to fall off over and over. Better to do that here.
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Date: 2019-01-15 01:24 am (UTC)It set her up well.
"That sounds like it has significantly less head injuries, so I won't argue," she said, following behind him. Once they got there, she stood dumbly, one hand on the saddle horn.
"I.. I uh, think I'll watch you mount up first."
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Date: 2019-01-19 10:29 pm (UTC)"Oh, well..." Thor at least managed to look a bit sheepish as he jumped up onto the horse from behind, clearly using his ability of flight to get up on it. He had tried the normal way when he first learned but had felt so stupid and fallen off so many times that he just stopped bothering to do it that way and went with this method. Besides, nothing said that you couldn't mount a horse in this manner, it was just that most people couldn't. Besides, it wasn't like the horse seemed to care one way or another.
"Nothing to it!"
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Date: 2019-01-21 01:07 am (UTC)Cheating or not, she stuck a foot in the stirrup and bounced a little before half jumping, pulling herself onto the horse. Or trying. With a little sound, Devi fell back to her feet. Undeterred, she tried again and got on, working to swing her leg over it's back so she could straighten with a gleeful little sound.
"The bounce. The bounce definitely helped. Don't tell me you can't do that, I refuse to believe," she said with a grin.
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Date: 2019-01-26 10:00 pm (UTC)“I fell on my ass twice when I first tried,” Thor admitted with a laugh. Only he had to stop partway through the laugh because it was such a different sounding laugh that he’d been confused. He was more-or-less used to his voice being different but the different laugh was something new.
“Is that a good laugh? I can’t tell if my laugh is a good laugh,” he said, making a bit of a face. It would be weird to have to try and do a different laugh while in this body.