[ It's a good call. A night (spent, to no one's surprise, entirely alone and restless in his own trailer, missing company that he knows he had no reason to expect anyway) wasn't exactly restful, but it's plenty of time for Lambert to mostly dismiss it from his mind as yet another argument to forget about. It's certain Childermass isn't going to change, and neither is Lambert, and mostly neither of them is going to change for the other.
Peridot catches him after he's already put Pig back in her paddock, after a brisk morning ride that sent the ground shivering. He raises a brow when he spots Peridot -- this is out of her typical routine -- but it isn't so unusual that it makes him feel any unease, and he steps over to join her, idly scanning over whatever she's doing. ]
Morning. [ He seems more relaxed, as physical exercise always makes him. It helps that he wasn't chased down yesterday, disarming some of the defensiveness he tends to feel when he's cornered. ]
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Peridot catches him after he's already put Pig back in her paddock, after a brisk morning ride that sent the ground shivering. He raises a brow when he spots Peridot -- this is out of her typical routine -- but it isn't so unusual that it makes him feel any unease, and he steps over to join her, idly scanning over whatever she's doing. ]
Morning. [ He seems more relaxed, as physical exercise always makes him. It helps that he wasn't chased down yesterday, disarming some of the defensiveness he tends to feel when he's cornered. ]