She walked back to the foot of his bed and lifted up a clipboard.  He watched in fascination as she gripped it tightly between her hoof and forelimb, revealing an astounding dexterity.  He’d already discovered that they could move their shoulder joints through a much greater range than a terrestrial horse.  She pulled a pencil loose from the metal clip with her mouth and began scribbling notes, moving at a much quicker pace than Lyra had.  Dale wasn’t sure if that meant she was a better writer, or if even here medical notations were indecipherable.  