Catherine looked down at the boy at her feet and shook her head.  They'd never get anywhere if he didn't grow a backbone.  She reached down and hauled him up by his shoulders.<br/>"She's gentle and she won't hurt you.  Come on, I need a saddle for her now."<br/>Her voice had lost some of the gentleness that she had approached him with in the shop and become steelier.  She really didn't have time for this nonsense.<br/>"She won't hurt you, but I might if you don't get a grip on yourself and get to work.  People are dying and more will if I can't do my job."