#rivervale_lodge

"Here you go, Star" Happy says and feeds her, a smile on his face.

The mare still doesn't take well to unfamiliar males, and snorts warningly at Happy. The cheerful expression on his face is all the more unnerving!

Spark crowds forward, eager to accept the rejected treat.

And Spark gets it, wikth gentle petting "Your mother is just cautious, fella"

"Don't worry, Miss Star, your rider will visit you soon I bet" New hay is brought in, and the stable is cleaned while happy whistles a jaunty tune

She does appreciate a clean stable!

A voice from the hayloft where a childling was napping, "Hey! Them's my chores! What if they don't feed me any more because I didn't work?"

Connor lets his legs dangle down, and doesn't actually look too worried about his next meal.

"Hey, Connor, right?" Happy says remembering the boy he's seen him around "Pardon me, squire connor. Did you sleep out here? Your sis and knight might prefer you use a bed"

"It's summer! The hay is sweet and the sun is warm."

"Spark can have my bed if he wants, fair's fair, except then the Hearth might get fussy about the carrot crumbs."

Happy nods "Well, I don't understand pooka all the time, but I can help em. You want to clean up and come inside for a drink or something?"

"Only if there's not any lemonade. Can't stand the stuff! Too sweet!"

Tail a-wag!

"And sometimes it's pink!~ Yuck!"

"I'll get a glass and close my eyes and see if it vanishes" jovially "Come on. "

"Oh boy! Magical lemons!" And gleefully accompanies.

ANd off they go

(End Scene)