And while every act left you and the mare satisfied, an unease always sat within you afterwards. A dull lingering sluggishness, as if your body had strained only a little more than it could handle, not from the exercise, as you’d grown accustomed to it early on, but it had always been ther—no, it hadn’t. In the beginning, when the majority of the time you spent was with Aqua, it was never like that. It was a wonder how you had gone so far without even thinking about a checkup on how these foreign substances were affecting you. You made a note to speak with Aqua about it later.