Horse

While his words hung in the air, his horse clambered down to the shore.
Without pausing, it stepped into the water. It wasn’t shallow. The river
would be about waist-deep on D while mounted.

If anyone was watching, they would’ve thought the horse was leaping
across the surface of the water. Making a massive bound, the horse sank
only hoof-deep before continuing to take one effortless leap after another,
kicking up a little white spray as it carried D across the wide river.

There couldn’t be all that many stones submerged just an inch or so below
the water’s surface. But clearly it was within D’s power to find them in a
split second and maneuver his horse onto them.

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