"Relax." Dimitri assured. He hadn't ever considered many animals to be deadly. And horses, even if far out of his domain, were very familiar to him. "It's okay." He whispered, when he voice lowered into a whisper itself. Admittedly, he was close to telling her she didn't have to do it. Her whispers meant she was uncertain, maybe even scared, and Dimitri couldn't bare to watch Alannah be scared. Surely enough, before he spoke up, she went through with it. Everyone had their fears, he supposed. He was happy to be helping Alannah get passed one of hers. He smiled as she said it wasn't so bad. "That's the same horse from the picture, ya know." Dimitri said, almost as though he was reflecting upon a child. "He didn't know he'd finish growin' so fast after he was born."<br/><br/>Dimitri's hand claimed the spot it always did, within Alannah's. He wondered if this habit would last forever, he hoped it would. To have a place to feel contact with someone you wanted to be with always was the greatest feeling in the world, he was learning. He pet Riley gently with his free hand. "I missed you, buddy. Have you been keepin' an eye on things?" Dimitri asked, while Riley simply replied with a flap of his lips. "Pet him." Dimitri gently asserted to Alannah. "He likes you, and he's real sweet, he wouldn't ever hurt anyone." Dimitri assured her, as he realized he'd began swinging their hand back and forth. It was almost as though it was second nature at this point.<br/><br/>Dimitri eyed the end of the pen, where a few saddles were on an old desk, even one hung on the wall. That one of course, belonged to his dad, and was not allowed to be used. Still, Dimitri eyed a saddle on the desk, it was brown and had aged leather, maybe ever worn a tiny bit, but it was more than perfectly safe. "Ya know. You could ride him. I could even lead him so that he goes slow. Don't you wanna be able to go back to Boston, and you can tell Daniel all about how you rode a horse on your vacation?" Dimitri playfully suggested. He wasn't the greatest with words, but he tried.