At first there was no change, but slowly the tension ebbed. Whether it was due to his deliberately non-threatening behaviour, his rather comical clothes, the rope cutting off some of her air supply for too long, or his innate Australian ability to sooth a terrified and potentially dangerous animal, the pony eventually stopped trying to desperately escape and instead sank down onto her belly. Curling up on the rug with her forelegs covering her eyes, the small horse started to make some odd sounds.