Chapter 11Horses
Fenn
Horses were excellent creatures, Fenn decided, as they made their way around the stables. They had soft noses and intelligent ears and a small amount of kias that meant that it was possible to communicate basic emotion to them without speech. He’d seen them in London, pulling carriages and cabs, but they hadn’t been this close to them before.
Keren sidled up beside him and put his face close to the creature’s head where it was peering with interest over the stable door. They huffed up its nose in the approved fashion Will Grant had demonstrated and grinned over at Fenn when it huffed back.
“What’s this one’s name?” they asked Fenn. They had been working their way along the row of enquiring noses poking out to look at the visitors.
Fenn leaned back to look at the
