"Is this spot of grass taken, or should I find another tree?"

Carolina's approach had been rather quiet, coming in from one of the meadows outside the town rather than through it, and Lela mewed in greeting from up on her back, perched precariously on the plates of aqua-coloured horse armor.

She also hung back to enjoy the shade from the tree, eyeing the attendees to the lessons, and ignoring the way her own ears flicked and stayed back when she noticed Luna. Well. She wasn't going to give the Alicorn any reason to approach, and she DID want to see if North and York could learn anything useful.

At least the two mares could commiserate on having both pairs of feet firmly grounded.