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[The video opens, shaky at first before coming into focus on one of these majestic creatures. Din's commentary is less impressed and more just. Done.]

These are the horses we're supposed to look for, right? Someone's got a weird sense of humour.

I've seen better looking blurgs.

[The horse notices Din and starts to come over, it's face taking up more and more of the frame in a horrifying way until he stops recording.]

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I've counted at least six, and the original posting didn't specify. I can go see if any have wandered off.

[He can do that much at least.]

[Keith nodded at the idea.]

Okay. [He murmured a few things quietly to the one that had initially approached him, and it definitely seemed to respond. Keith wasn't quite comfortable with outright just having an open conversation with animals, yet, because he felt silly if someone was watching him, but he definitely didn't mind doing this.

He maneuvered the small group together to a safe spot for now, easing them and settling them, getting them to agree to stay together and close by with promises of getting them back to their stables and human companions.]

[Din nods, leaving Keith to work while he goes to scout out the area. He taps the side of his helmet to activate the infrared display and with tracks noticed, heads into the woods.

It doesn't take long before he comes across a couple more horses? who are spooked. And Keith might hear some sounds of struggle coming from the bushes and Din attempts to calm them. Also some weird noises that might be the braying of horses?]

Hey, hey...come on! I've got your friends over here...

[That definitely didn't sound like it was going well, and Keith had the group relatively calmed for the moment. He told them to stay put and headed over to see if he could get the ones Din had clearly found to calm down as well.

It was a little difficult, because Keith often had trouble calming himself when he got worked up.]

Hey... easy... easy? [Keith gingerly put his hand out, trying to avoid that beak again.] We'll get you home. Just... take it easy. [Some of them started to come down, and that, in turn, got the others to calm, too.] There you go. See? We'll get you back. I promise. [There was a pause as some of them made some noises, mostly huffs and grunts, and then Keith shook his head.]

I don't know about that, sorry. Maybe Archimedes can help with the curse. Let's get you back to the stables first, okay?

[Keith glanced over at Din and then nodded.] The others should still be where we met up.

[What is it with animals not liking him? He tries to be nice, really he does. He might also be a tad impatient?]

Were you just talking to them?

[He'll let Keith lead the way and try to guide any stragglers.]

[Keith flustered slightly, still not used to the idea that he'd basically ended up a Disney princess or something, but then nodded.]

Uh, yeah. It's part of the animal magic thing. [The whole reason Din had found Keith being captured back in the fall.] We can understand each other.

[Magic. That would make sense. And honestly, useful in a lot of ways.]

So, do I want to know what they're saying?

They're just riled up from what happened to curse and scatter them in the first place, mostly. But, they couldn't really understand what you were saying, so they were just scared.

[Keith shrugged.]

I think I can keep them calm until we get them back to the stables.

That's good, and thank you.

Is there anything else I can do?

[He really wasn't trying to scare them, but he also doesn't speak horse.]

It's a big group. We'll need to make sure we don't lose any if they start to stray. I could use help with that, definitely.

[Keith couldn't help but wonder if the helmet was bothering them. It made for a mechanical sounding voice, and the horses might not like the lack of a true face.]

The helmet might be spooking them? Do you need to keep it on?

[He wasn't going to push if Din said he wanted to leave it on... and it was a theory. Keith hadn't exactly asked why they were upset with the guy.]

I do. It goes against my creed to remove it in front of others.

[And unfortunately, some spooked horses are not enough for him to consider removing it.]

I can help with keeping the group together though, and I can bargain, if necessary.

[Keith nodded. Honestly, he'd met races like that... The Taujeerians were a race that stayed completely inside what resembled alien hazmat suits, though, if that was because of their planet's condition or something else, Keith had never found out. But he'd never actually seen one of their faces. So, he left it alone. Din had his reasons, which he explained well enough for Keith.]

Alright. We'll figure it out as we go.

As for now, though, they do seem to be calming down a bit, so it might not be so bad after all... just as long as something else doesn't come along to spook them again.

I can go ahead, and scan for things like that, if you want to keep the herd together.

That might help if I keep my distance a bit.

You have scanners that work here?

[Was Keith jealous? Yeah... his didn't work, yet.]

[Din taps his helmet.]

More or less. They don't go very far but it's enough for our current purposes.

Oh... yeah. That would be really helpful. Mine doesn't work right now. Hasn't since I got here.

[Keith nodded.]

Did you break it or something?

[Keith shook his head.]

It still works... but I noticed that some stuff has a limit on how often I can use it, so I don't want to wear it down. I was able to get something from the traders that recharges things... but I haven't gotten it for my helmet, yet.

Makes sense. Those traders can be expensive.

Yeah... I mean, I kind of get it, I guess. Supply, demand, all that stuff that I mostly ignored in school. [He shrugged.] But, it can be rough. I did manage to get one of my blades fixed, though. So, that's kind of important right now with all the monster fighting that's been going on.

That's good. I've been a little worried about my armour, but at the same time, I don't think anyone here has worked with beskar.

And they're more or less decent with ammunition.

Beskar... Is that what the armor's made from?

[Keith had a unique metal, too, in his Marmora dagger. Luxite no longer had a source planet that anyone knew of anymore, either.]

It is. It's an important metal to my people.

I'm lucky to have a full suit of it. That's rare these days.

[That sounded familiar. Keith nodded.]

I have something similar. A weapon. It's a rare metal that only this group uses. No one else does. Not many others can.

[Luxite was extremely rare, and only those of Galra descent who proved themselves in the Trials of Marmora were able to activate it to change forms.]

[Sounds familiar as well, though Din doesn't really know anything about the laser swords the Jedi use.]

That unique, huh? Sounds important. I'm assuming you're one of the lucky ones who can use it?

sorry for the delay

no worries! :) it's the time of year for it

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