Loisaba Conservancy, Kenya [Monday Daytime]

[doctorgingerspice]

When you sleep under the stars, the day starts very early. Bonus: the Maasai Warriors taking care of everyone have arrived with coffee and tea for the suites to drink as you watch the sun rise. The second bonus: sunrise is the very best time to go on a game drive where the giraffes are, and the zebra and see all of the animals!

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Re: Horse Riding

[legionqueen]

“Sure, why not?” Jules shrugged. “They seem docile enough.”

How much of that was due to Juillenne’s own influence over them was hard to say.

Re: Horse Riding

[kawaii_complex]

"We...we can do that?" asked Sakaki, still not able to believe it and suddenly feeling like anything this good must have some sort of dire consequences to balance things out.

Re: Horse Riding

[legionqueen]

“If I ask them to,” she nodded towards the zebra herd. “They’ll let us.”

Such was the benefit of hanging around the most powerful naturalist in ten generations, Sakaki. There wasn’t an animal out there that Jules couldn’t make listen to her.

Re: Horse Riding

[kawaii_complex]

This would have been very helpful information about two dozen cat attacks ago.

If Sakaki wasn't carefully, she was going to swoon right out of her saddle.

"Really?" The gawking, at least, started to take on a more eager than confused flavor to it, and then Sakaki seemed to remember that she never actually confirmed it yet, and she didn't want to take any chances if that was necessary.

"And yes!" It came out a little short and hurried. "I would like to pet them, please."

Re: Horse Riding

[legionqueen]

There was no way Juillenne was leaving Africa without cuddling a lion or two, Sakaki. Just saying.

For now, though, zebras would do. The herd remained completely unconcerned as the girls approached.

Well, that wasn’t entirely true. A couple of the zebras actually deliberately trotted up to Juillenne and Sakaki, until they were mere inches away.

Juillenne reached out to stroke one of the zebras much like she would a horse. True to what she’d said, it didn’t shy away, and in fact leaned in to the naturalist’s touch.

“Aren’t you a beauty,” Jules murmured. “Yes, you are.”

Re: Horse Riding

[kawaii_complex]

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.