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[chimericalclaw]

[Chemistry might as well be witchcraft to some of those of older times, so he wouldn't have been surprised by the sentiment if Richard had expressed it. As it stands, he offers a simple remark on them that might help to explain.]

They use the power of heat to move, more or less. You can't avoid them where I'm from, so it's been... an adjustment, to not see them here.

[He regards the familiar steed and then the other horse with a level expression, gauging as best he can; he's certainly no expert on horse body language. Goldie, he says... perhaps Altius will find a steed of his own choosing that he can name with a slightly different... scheme. But that's not important, for the moment.]

Alright.

[To the point, just as Altius likes it. He very rarely turns down a conversation, but he does prefer to have practical matters sorted first. Richard will find him as attentive and precise a student as he could reasonably expect, despite his utter lack of expertise with horses in general. This is something he intends to seriously follow through with, after all.]

[traumaticus]

[Please do not go all scientific with him, Altius. Richard's little medieval brain will only be double confused.]

Hm. [He hums as an answer. He supposes that it does makes sense that this world would expose difficulties to all of them. Although, he'd have to admit that he hadn't considered that someone else would feel similar disarray and displacement as he did. At least he hadn't seen anyone else to react the same way as he had to the false light emitting from the orbs in the ceiling or the beeping tablets.

Well, either way. Richard moves to grab the saddle placed on the stable gate. Blackie, who is properly socialised and trained steed, does not seem to mind playing the part in this show-and-tell presentation and only lowers his neck to sniff the grass. Richard hauls the saddle on the horse's back and begins with his explanation, going through each part of the equipment step by step. It really helps that this is not Altius' first encounter with horses and he can trust that the other man can keep up with his explanation.

He finally, after he has grouched down to fasten the strap under Blackie's belly he's finished.] There. Your turn.

[chimericalclaw]

[He only said heat! Richard's brain is not so small he can't understand hot things!! Besides, Altius is far from an engineer, himself—he's frequently the one getting simplified explanations from those more technologically minded...

The mechanics of saddling a horse, meanwhile, take much less effort to understand in comparison. He regards Goldie with a momentary, even look to gauge its attitude, setting aside the idea that it's more likely than not a piece of code without any real feelings, and picks up the saddle Richard has set out for him.

He follows Richard's methods, and though he obviously lacks the experience to get it all right the first go around or finish quickly, he's still aware enough to pay attention and fix his own mistakes before he moves on for the most part, paying attention to any of the horse's movements as he does.

Once he's done:]

Fitted well enough, do you think?