Reconciling Circumstances: Day 3

Word Count: 18,015

Summary of Events:
Chapter 5:
Étienne woke up and called his mentor to talk with him about his ride on Sauvage the day before. Heleighna called home and talked with her parents more for the sake of just being able to talk with them than anything else.
Chapter 6:
Étienne, Teghanne, and Chérie were flying to their next stop at a much more reasonable hour, but due to the late night before that Étienne was rather disagreeable. Heleighna watched M. Amyotte work one of the horses with great interest. Étienne went for a morning ride with Sauvage at one of his competitor friends' house.

Excerpt of the Day:
""Does it take much work to train a horse like that?" Heleighna asked.
"It depends on the horse," M. Amyotte replied. "A horse like Ex, who's an eager and quick learner doesn't take so long, but there's other horses, such as Matin, who are lazily inclined horses; once they learn what they have to do they do all they can to take shortcuts, and they need to be worked with a bit more."
Heleighna nodded, thinking a bit before she remembered which horse Matin was, she was the same colour as Couronne.
"It also depends on what any former owners have done to a horse," M. Amyotte added. "It's faster to train a horse to respond without ropes if you're starting with a horse who's never been trained than working with a horse who's been neglected or abused."
Heleighna nodded. "That makes sense."
"But even if one were starting with the ideal: an eager to learn young horse who'd never been trained before," M. Amyotte said. "Not every eager to learn young horse trains the same, they have different things that they grasp easier, and different things that take a bit more work to accomplish. Of course, it's the same with people, really."
"Yes," Heleighna agreed.
"You seem rather interested in training horses," M. Amyotte said. "If you want, I could teach you."
"You would?" Heleighna asked.
"If you want to learn," M. Amyotte replied.
Heleighna looked to her left at the sand, lightly biting her lower lip. It would definitely be interesting.
"You don't have to decide now," M. Amyotte said. "Think about it. Let me know when you want to, and we'll start.
"I don't have to start at a specific date?" Heleighna asked.
"No," M. Amyotte replied. "You're living here, and you'd be the only member of the class. In fact, I don't run classes on how to train horses, although it wouldn't be like it would hurt any. Of course it would be kind of difficult. I don't think a person can accurately teach more than one person how to train a horse right at the same time in a personal scenario. But anyways, think about it, and if you're interested, let me know."
Heleighna nodded and watched as M. Amyotte signalled Ex and the two of them walked toward the exit side by side. It would definitely be interesting to learn how to train a horse. Heleighna wondered what she'd do with that kind of an education, though, she wasn't going to have a future with horses . . . was she?"

Matin: mahtahn'
Couronne: kuhrun'