"No point in riding a horse if you don't ride the best one," Felix said, like it was no big deal that he was climbing up onto the back of the ward of Arden's living artifact of a war stallion. Once he was sure of his seating, he reached out a hand to Marco to help him on behind him as well.

"Besides, he was clearly bored in the stable. Horses want to run. We'll just take him for a run and he'll be back before anyone notices he was gone."

It'll be fun. Don't you want to have fun, Marco?