giddy up pony into the sunset we go

Hot damn he had won the horse. Briefly he watched Valkyrie walk away and then his attention returned to the stallion. Now...how on earth was he going to get the beast home? Supposedly it was smarter than the rest of its kind but so far all Jupiter had seen it do was buck around like a normal angry horse.

The viking had been kind enough to have the horse tied to a tree so at least for now he didn’t have to do any chasing. Which was nice. Gave him a chance to be reasonable.

Jupiter approached slowly and stopped in front of Balian but well outside his reach. “So...” he said slowly as he eyed the beast. “The lady says your smart.” He eyed Balian up and down, his gaze speculative. “Well, are you?”