Just like that. Just like that, apparently, you could just go up to zebras and pet them. Unbelievable. Sakaki was going to need a moment more to gawk and marvel before she could blink herself out of it.

And, cautiously, following Jules' lead, Sakaki slowly reached out her hand as well.

And then her hand was on a zebra, and her hands were running against its coat, and her eyes were closed, ans she gripped the pommel of her saddle so hard, because she really would just die from overload.