"Ship, time to get up."
Miku Kuchiki stretched, then walked in with a brush.
Compared with her old work schedule, she was starting much later today. She had stayed up watching a TV drama last night, so she had gone to bed rather late.
After taking Ship out to the pasture, she still had to check on the broodmare.
She was naturally delighted that Koichi had entrusted her with such an important task.
Broodmares were a ranch's future. If they were cared for properly, their foals could fetch a good price, whether they raced or went to auction.
Neigh-
Gold Ship, who had been sleeping lying down, shook the stuff off his head.
Then he slowly stood up.
He had been living quite comfortably lately, almost as though he were back in summer.
Of course.
Compared with summer, winter was much more comfortable. Even with a fan in his quarters, summer still felt hot.
His winter coat was not there for nothing.
Brush, brush, brush-
After spending so much time with him, Miku Kuchiki had become quite practiced at her work.
Although Gold Ship often misbehaved, he now knew where to draw the line.
"Don't fidget, and no pawing at the ground."
Neigh-
Gold Ship walked straight to the door and poked his head out to look around.
His little sidekick was getting more and more boring.
Neigh-?
One-Way Passage next door happened to be looking over as well.
He had been sleeping, but the noise next door had woken him, so he had come out to take a look.
One-Way Passage and Gold Ship stared at each other for a while, then both flicked their ears.
They were spending more time together again now.
Before long, One-Way Passage's stablehand came jogging over.
This demanding fellow insisted on going out