It was satisfying for Théadan to see the pout form on Navia's lips, the look she gave of annoyance felt equal to what he had felt having Vari sneeze over him at her command. As far as Théadan was concerned, that made them even, but he doubted Navia would see things that way and already expected she would seek to get her own back at the first given opportunity. She went about trying to brush the mess from her dress, before raising the topic of Wyndagar still knowing the one command she had taught him and suggesting he liked practicing with her. "He probably just liked the attention." Was Théadan's dismissive reply, though he knew well his horse got along well with Navia and likely would have continued to learn the vivarta had he allowed it. The trust Wyndagar showed in Navia demonstrated he would have been receptive to any of Navia's teachings and likely would have picked it up quickly enough.<br/><br/>Navia was then passing the reins over to his hands, suggesting he work with Vari for a minute while she went and got what she needed to help teach. It did give him a chance to get a little more used to controlling Vari, she would definitely have a little more trouble understanding him than Navia, just because of his accent. Théadan decided to run through the list of words Navia had just spoken, taking the reigns, and commanding Varinata into a walk. It took a couple attempts, the horse ear twitching with his initial tries, but he had to enunciate more to get her to listen and do as he asked. She seemed a little more hesitant with his orders, a little slower to respond, probably trying to understand if he was giving the command or not. It did only take a couple of tries with each word to get a response from her however, enough for Théadan to feel confident given a little time for them to get more used to each other, Vari would quickly be responding as well to his commands as any Khluri riders.<br/><br/>Little snaps drew Théadan's attention back to Navia as she approached, stick in hand that she was busy trimming to make one long thin one with no offshoots. She needed him to hold the reins while she taught, suggesting Varinata was a stubborn horse, causing Théadan to smirk. It seemed to be quite a common trait amongst their group, with Wyndagar probably being the least stubborn of them all. Navia couldn't resist swatting his backside with the stick however, drawing a narrowing of the eyes from Théadan as he silently debated whether it would be worth getting back at Navia for it, the grin she flashed his way nearly sealed it for him. Navia took her place at Vari's side resting a hand against her side and tickling the stick behind Vari's knee stating the command she had taught Wyndagar. There was no reaction from Vari however who seemed to be giving a bemused look, wondering what Navia was up to.  Now Navia asked that he had Vari step forward to try and help have her raise her leg, the command to do so was halfway out of his mouth, when he felt another swat from Navia before she went back to tickling Vari's leg. Théadan shook his head at her before saying, "<i>Prati</i>." to Varinata, who did not respond. Deciding she probably hadn't heard it clearly, he again commanded. "Vari, prati." Only this time Vari stole the stick from Navia's hand and split it in two, much to Navia's indignant protests.<br/><br/>"Serves you right!" Théadan laughed, suddenly finding it a lot easier to forgive Vari for sneezing on him. Navia wanted to suggest she was just tired from the days riding, but Théadan had a different theory he was keen to point out. "You know they say animals take on the personalities of their owners." He grinned at her. "I can definitely see some of you in her." The need to get a little payback for being swatted by Navia twice lessened as he patted Varinata, stroking one of her ears. "Or perhaps she saw you hitting me with the stick and just wanted to protect me." He laughed at the absurdity of it, but still stroked Vari under her chin and looked her in the eye so he could express his gratitude. "Thank you Vari." He still held her reins and gave them a light tug to draw her over towards Wyndagar. "It has been a long day for her, she could probably do with something to eat." He suggested, giving it some extra thought, it was usually good to have some of training regimen when learning. "Perhaps this is something we should be teaching her in the mornings before we set out?"