Navia's attentions remained on the horse, watching Varinata's every step but she did listen to everything he had to say, and correcting the notion of trying to scare Vari, but rather put her under a more stressful situation where she could see and learn that trusting them would see her safely through the other side, and in so doing make her less likely to react badly to them in the future. It was the right idea, unfortunately they simply did not have the resources needed to put Varinata in a stressful situation for the time being, and that left Navia reluctantly agreeing that they simply had to make do with what they had to help build a bond and create trust between them and the horse. For Navia that apparently meant spoiliing her a little with treats and further testing what other commands Vari already knew.<br/><br/>Not really knowing any Khluri commands for horses, other than<i>'tulana</i>' Théadan contented himself with simply observing and learning the commands from Navia.<i>Puras, prati</i>he wasn't sure if he would ever need such commands, but not they had a horse trained to such commands, it seemed wise to learn those words, even if they were simply for her to walk forwards or backwards. The latter of the two Navia explained was one taught as a start to a Vivarta, which had Théadan raising an eyebrow curiously at the horse, wondering what one seemingly used to farm work would have been taught such a thing. Navia used the one command Théadan was familiar with in Khluri, but this one appeared to be something Vari did not know, as she stood stock still watching the two of them. Théadan couldn't help but notice Wyndagar's own ears twig a the word and gave a glance their way to see if the command was for him, only to quickly become disinterested when he realised all their attention was on Vari for the time being.<br/><br/>Teaching Varinata a few new things would certainly help with bonding with her. It could prove to be fun for her, especially if she was rewarded for getting things right, and it would be something she would associate with them. Navia was already moving on however, wanting to try something else out, asking him to come closer now that Vari had come to stop, and he could enter the circle in which she walked without worrying about getting twisted up in the lead between her and Navia. He wasn't sure what to expect, what it was he would be able to help Navia with, only for her to give the horse command and point at him. The next thing Théadan knew, he had a horse nuzzling his cheek, and a lout snort with spit and snot leaving his cheek damp, and his face wrinkling in disgust. Navia laughed, because of course she would. "Gross." He grumbled reaching to Vari's face to push her away from his cheek, while giving his laughing lover an evil look.  "Thanks for that my love." He said with a heavy dose of sarcasm before pointing at Navia. "Vari,<i>Hanti.</i>"<br/><br/>The horse took the command and when straight to nuzzle Navia's cheek, Théadan smirked as she did, only for his expression to tighten annoyed as it quickly became clear Varinata had no intention of sneezing over Navia like she had him. At least with Navia briefly distracted by the horse nuzzling her cheek it gave him an opportunity to step forward, and nuzzle against Navia's shoulder, careful to press up against the one that wasn't bruised last night, so he could rub off all the snot and slime on to Navia's dress rather than continue to be decorated in it. With that matter swiftly corrected as far as Théadan was concerned, he could get back to talking about Vari and what they could do to further the bond. "It appears her previous owner had a liking for vivarta's too. or is it customary for Khluri to teach all their horses a<i>vivarta</i>?" He had not expected Vari to have any knowledge of the dance at all, it seemed the sort of things nobles would spend their time teaching for the sake of a little glamour and prestige. But perhaps for the Khluri this was enjoyed by the masses and not just the nobility. "It was one of the first things you did to try and tease me by getting Wyn to do that step, and I'm certain you will have taught your horse that when you first began training together." It did beg the question of just how much of<i>Vivarta</i>did Navia know, and how much could she teach a horse if she so desired. It was a question he had never asked in case she decided to demonstrate with Wyndagar. "Teaching her a few things will definitely help matters."