|The centauress agreed wholeheartedly. "Yes, it's quiet rare to find someone who recognizes me as a<em>person,</em>and not as an obstacle, or an animal, or something of that nature. Though some barns can be quite comfortable, if the owner takes good care of them. Too often, I've stayed in the stables of an inn that<em>leaked</em>and was drafty and... ugh. That poor young stable hand; I have him such a fright, when I complained and asked for a blanket, in the middle of the night, he ran off into the storm, screaming about 'talking horses'."