"Fine, I'll go with you."  The girl yanked her arm in a twisting motion, meant to break the hold, but otherwise making no move to escape.  "You don't need to hold on to me.  I'm not going anywhere.  If I hadn't been trying to be helpful, I'd have run as soon as I heard you.  I wouldn't have been standing here waiting for you."<br/><br/>She looked back at the horse standing quietly with the lead rope wrapped just once the post.  "You probably want to put her back in the stall, though, or you really will have a missing horse."