"Well as to the first question," Rihyan lifts up his left foreleg and shows Sashi the golden coloured horseshoe on his hoof. "Barehoof is fine for softer terrain, such as grass or snow, but it hurts and damages the hoof after a time on harder terrain such as compacted earth, rock, and stone such as many towns and dwellings have."<br/><br/>{{this is the reason why real horses wear shoes<img alt=":)" src="./images/smilies/smile.gif" title="Smile"/>}}<br/><br/>"As to the second I'm not sure, I have only ever known 3 other centaurs, my parents, and another slave of Jinnai's. My parents were killed in Jinnai's assault on my home town, when I was about 4, and I never knew the name of the other centaur Jinnai had as a slave."<br/><br/>"But going on the flexibility of my upper torso, I don't think I have many organs in it, I'm a lot more flexible up there than any humanoid that I've met has been."<br/><br/>Rihyan carefully puts down the piece of Sashi's armour that he's holding. Then he demonstrates his flexibility by first bending under his own body and grabbing hold of his rear legs, and then unbuckling the straps under his torso before straigtening back up. He then twists around, lifts his wings out the way, and lifts a very full pack saddle off his back, before twisting around again and laying face down across his back and grabbing his own tail. He then straightens back up and smiles at Sashi.<br/><br/>"I think I only have a stomach in my lower body, or at least any large meal I have eaten has always seemed to end up down there, and never stopped further up. Also I know I only have one heart, located in my lower body, and when I breathe in only my lower rib cage expands. I don't really know what makes up most of my upper body, just that it's flexible and strong."<br/><br/>Rihyan then picks back up the piece of armour he was holding, and starts helping Sashi don her armour again.