"Just wanting to get out. Been coped up here and the last port reminded me of how good it feels to be able to more around more." He leads the way, but stops by the door to the Enclosure. Tommy has to open this door.
He does-- opens the door, but then frees the controls for the Bull. He'll want to put something in that reminds him of home, after all, and Tommy has no idea.
Bull smiles and sets about getting the landscape set up. Tall mountains raise before them, white snow covered ground. "Not where I am from, this is close to Skyhold though." And soon enough two horses, big solid beasts, of the breeds Tommy is familiar with they look more like shire horses than anything else. One has a saddle that looks like it is designed more for a human and the other one for a Qunari.
Bull walks over to the two horses and smiles softly. "Asaarash. They are bred specifically for the Antaam. Solid horses who won't get scared."
Bull nods. Then he gathers the reins and easily gets up into the saddle. It is a practiced movement. "Not only the Antaam uses them, I have had a couple over the years."
They're larger than Tommy's used to, obviously, but he makes it-- he's perfectly capable of riding bareback, he can ride a saddled horse, even when it looks like this.
"It is not natural for them, they are prey naturally after all. These guys have been breed for it for generations too. If there is one thing Qunari knows it is breeding for a purpose."
Once Tommy is settled, Bull nudges his horse to get him going and leads the way up a small mountain road.
"That it is. Same with slaves being sent into battle. They don't want to be there and they don't deserve to. But at least in the case of horses there is no way around it, we need them too much." He strokes the neck of the horse he is riding. "But in my experience, the soldiers know that and do their best to spoil them when they can."
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Date: 2016-03-06 12:00 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2016-03-07 02:21 pm (UTC)Bull walks over to the two horses and smiles softly. "Asaarash. They are bred specifically for the Antaam. Solid horses who won't get scared."
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Date: 2016-03-08 10:13 pm (UTC)"They're formidable."
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Date: 2016-03-09 07:13 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-03-10 02:53 pm (UTC)"I never liked it. Horses in battle."
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Date: 2016-03-10 03:56 pm (UTC)Once Tommy is settled, Bull nudges his horse to get him going and leads the way up a small mountain road.
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Date: 2016-03-12 12:12 pm (UTC)"It's different, though. Different than men going into battle out of their own free will."
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Date: 2016-03-12 03:11 pm (UTC)