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[14thcommander]

It's Hange, Hange, Hange! Were you looking for me? I'll get back to you posthaste. Or when it's convenient.

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[tucky]

"Why are they called titans?" she asks, holding the second apple out in the same way. Chomp.

[14thcommander]

"Because... they are titanic!"

Hange giggles at her own joke, and strokes the softly-furred cheek available to her since the horse's head hangs over the lower gate now.

[tucky]

"... I'm gonna guess you don't mean like the ship." She knows what a titan is. She knows what the Titanic was. She has not heard titanic used as an adjective before, but--

"Very big?"

-- maybe she can guess!

[14thcommander]

"Is there a ship? Anyway, you are correct!"

[tucky]

"There was a ship called the Titanic. It was pretty famous because it sank, and-- actually, I'm not sure why it was more famous than all the other ships that've sunk, but they made a movie about it." Another possibility for an upcoming movie night, maybe? Definitely. "And then the titans were gods who were overthrown and sent to Tartarus."

[14thcommander]

"A ship famous for sinking? Uh, wow. I guess things can be famous for being so terrible! Why not."

Very odd.

"Anyway - come back up front, I'll show you your tack. Uh, it's a lesson all its own, and if you're serious about learning to ride you should give it due time, but today I'll keep that part light and we'll focus on the fun stuff."

[tucky]

"I don't know how serious I am yet. I haven't thought much about it before." But she follows, watching along with interest.

[14thcommander]

"Yeah! So there's no point in making it dull, you know? I'll refrain from making you name the pieces of your bridle, and we'll do the stuff that's cool!"

Hange might not ever make her recite the pieces of the bridle from memory ever, but she snorts with laughter at the joke anyway.

[tucky]

"You sound like my kind of teacher. Are we gonna ride with saddles, too?"

[14thcommander]

"Blankets and saddles! Bridle, blanket, saddle. That's your fundamental tack."

Hange leads Tiffany up front and then to a storage room to the side. It smells like leather and oil, and of course it's full of tack: a wall with bridles strung all over, blankets folded on shelves, many many saddles. Hange squints at Tiffany: "Alright, grab a blanket you like, as for the saddle... we'll start you on thirty-five centimetres. Let me know if it's comfortable for you, we can change the sizing if not."

[tucky]

She's just going to pretend she knows what that means! Grabbing a blanket as instructed, she hangs as Hange picks out the appropriate saddle.

"You sure this is gonna be relaxing for you, if you're gonna have to be watching to make sure I don't fall on my ass the entire time?"

[14thcommander]

"Was this supposed to be relaxing for me?"

That totally got lost in there.

"I'll have to keep an eye on you, but... I like sharing things I enjoy! We can relax afterward!"

[tucky]

"Well, yeah, that's why I asked you what you did to relax or distract yourself. I just got the feeling that's the kind of thing you need right now."

[14thcommander]

Oh... okay. Hange pushes her hair back from her forehead.

"This is fun for me! I like sharing things I like with people. We can kick back afterward. It's really not a problem."

[tucky]

That's fine with her if it's fine with Hange, so she turns back towards the stalls, blanket still in hand.

"What do you do to relax, anyway?"

[14thcommander]

"I knit, I watch movies, I walk the ship, I swim, I visit places in the Enclosure, I prep clay for the art room, I paint, I'm in a band with Betelgeuse and Bill and we're on a break now but hopefully we'll practice again in the future..."

Hange is an active person. She picks a lead rope off the wall and then, managing saddle, bridle, and rope, follows Tiffany.

"Anyway - we're gonna have you make nice and socialize with the horse first! I'll tell you what to do. For starters, when we're in the paddock, you should kind of ignore them..."