Same Tune, Different Song (Sir Peter)

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A smile came to Kevin's face as he entered the barn, since nearly all his life was spent in a barn any barn full of horses seemed like home to him. A soft greeting to a nearby mare caused him to walk up to her and pet her a little bit as he took in the smell of barn. Light smell of the hay and straw hanging in the air, a bit of an earthy smell from the mix of them with the hay being stronger smell when near the horses stalls. The smell of the grains that just brought back the memories of working in the barns, he couldn't describe it but it was a fresh smell.

The leather smell that came from the horses that had leather halters, kind of a bit spicy smell but a pleasant one. Then the smell of the horses, the animal scent that clung to them that belonged only to horses. One of the things he loved about the barns full of horses was the smells that just made it seem like home. Blue grey eyes looked around at the horses that where there before he said bye to the horse he had been petting and kept on his way towards the office.

His boots making soft noise as he left the mare and headed towards the office, he was looking for the other teacher that used the Evening Primrose barn. As his class mostly couldn't really start until all the kids in his class had foals to work with, sure he could pair up the students and have one take notes while the other worked and then switch the next class. But he would rather all students had their own foal to work with, although there would be some classes he would have them just watch while he explained which would probably be that way if there weren't enough foals for the students.

As he reached the office door, he knocked on it to see if anyone was in there and so he didn't just walk in on anything.

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Tag: Peter Solomon

[Peter Solomon]

Peter saw a man entering the barn from where he was standing, out by his newest acquisition's pasture. He had put Corazon into her own pasture with Jigsaw, although it was right next to the general mares' pasture, to see how she would do around the other horses. He had taken the mare out for a ride on the second day of her being at the academy, although he hadn't spent too much time with her yet, as he had been taking it slow in gaining her trust and separating her from Jigsaw, since he didn't know how well the mare did apart from the filly. Pushing himself away from the fence, where he had been watching the Marwari pair, and walked towards the barn, tracing the footsteps that the other man had just followed.

As he approached his office, he saw the man at the door to his office. He could see that the man had just knocked, and smiled as he spoke, "It's unlocked, but I'm not in there." Still smiling, he held out his hand, "Sir Peter Solomon, at your service." He moved to his office door and pushed it open, then held it open for the man to enter, "And who may I have the honor of speaking to?"

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Keven turned hearing the voice of the man and chuckled softly and replied "Just like normal, first place I look is where what I'm looking for is not." A smile on his lips as he shook the hand of the other male and said "Kevin Markey, I'm the new foal training teacher guy." A tip of his hat and slight nod of his head and said "Pleasure to meet you."

Entering the office after the other male he glanced around the office, taking in how it looked before he took a seat and wondered how to word what he wanted. It was either just plainly say it or try to word it to where it didn't sound rude. If it was a student or his sister then he would have just said it plainly without worrying about if he sounded rude or not.



"Since you are the other teacher for this barn, I thought I would introduce myself. As it's my first time teaching here.. any words of wisdom?" He asked as he pulled out a piece of paper from his back pocket and glanced at it, counting the names on the list. "And mind showing me the foals I can use for my class or point me towards who can tell me what foals I can use?" He added as he looked back up.

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Peter laughed at the man's reply, "I don't know about usually for yourself, but I feel like I always come up behind people who are looking for me, because they always do what you do." He nodded as he heard the man's name, storing the information in his head, in case he needed it later, "The pleasure is all mine."

As Kevin entered the office, Peter followed him, letting the door fall closed gently behind him as he walked around his desk and sat down in his office chair, waiting for the man to start talking about why he had come to his office, suspecting that it was the same thing as he had talked to Chris about previously, before the man had been reassigned to being the trail class instructor, something that Peter hoped would fit his teaching style better.

As Kevin started speaking, Peter focused on the man. He thought about any wisdom he could offer the man, then gave a wry smile, remembering a mishap that he had suffered a few months back, "If you ever plan on having a broken fence, I suggest not having it be the worst-behaved mare's pasture." He chuckled quietly, "Other than that, you have a lot of good students in there. Cara is very knowledgeable about herbs, I would suggest you let her do what she sees as necessary, although perhaps ask her to check in with you beforehand." He considered the second question, then rose, shrugging, "I can show you, it's really rather simple." He smiled, "A few of them have already been bonding with the students who worked with the mares, so perhaps take that into consideration when you're assigning the foals, but otherwise, there are a few that have been around for longer, still owned by the academy, that you can use as well." He walked back to the door and held it open, before resuming the lead.

He led the way out to the pastures, as most of the mares were outside, save for Doc, who was getting very close to term. Once they were out in the wintery sunlight, Peter stopped at the fence of the 'general' pasture, leaning against the upper rail. He glanced out over the pasture, "To be honest, I think you can use all of the foals in this pasture." He glanced out, "The 'teenaged' bunch doesn't have anyone really working with them, apart from the sorrel splash." His gaze landed on the dappled-grey filly that was by his own stallion, Tess. She was a pretty little thing, even at a month old, and while he had claimed her for the moment, he wasn't sure if he would give her to the academy, or even a student, at the end of the semester.

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Kevin chuckled softly at the advice and thought 'or next to a pen full of bulls.' But he didn't linger too long that that thought as he listened to what other suggestions about the students. Hearing about the students he nodded and said "Well herbs and training a foal are a bit two different, herbs will only go so far with the training. I planned on letting the students pick their foals, it works better if they pick the one they feel that they can train. At least for the ones that show up to the first class will get to pick their own."

He followed the man out to the pasture and leaned on the fence slightly as he looked at the foals. As his eyes traveled over the foals, he nodded to the words and replied "Well any that aren't getting worked by the students, I can help out with if nobody minds. If I remember correctly I have nine students that'll need foals though. Haven't found out who already working with a foal or not though, guess I'll see when they show up for the class."

He looked over towards where Peter was looking and looked over the filly. "Pretty little girl, what training is planned for her?" He asked, wondering what event training was planned or done at the school.