He hugged her tighter as they kissed, and pulled away to rest his forehead against hers for a moment before laughing, shaking his head as he pulled away, "Yes... I have to say, I'm actually looking forward to it." He hugged her again, kissed her cheek, smiled then went upstairs, flopping down on the bed and promptly falling asleep, snoring softly into the pillow.

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Kelsie laughed before she made her way back to Evan's place, slower this time, and also checking in on the animals before he came out with a whole bunch of cleaning supplies. "I can help if you'd like." Kelsie said as she approached the older man. "Nah, gives me something to busy myself with..." He just replied as he walked to the stables first, "How's the boyfriend of yours doing?" At the question, Kelsie smiled and answered, "He's looking and feeling a lot better."

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Damiaan only slept for about an hour before he woke up, and when he did he was feeling much, much better. He went to check his eyes in the bathroom--no redness at all--and then threw on jeans and a shirt, then going downstairs to see if there was anymore food. He was starving, and as much as he wanted to tell Kelsie he was feeling better, food was more important...

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After a long chat with Evan, Kelsie sat by one of her favorite horses since her childhood. It was a light brown coated Arabian named Chestnut, he's been around for as long as Kelsie has known and she really adored the horse. There were seven others Damiaan could choose from but she was definitely going on a ride with Chestnut.

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Damiaan finally found some food, and he ate until he was full before going out to find Kelsie. In truth, he was actually just exploring the property, getting his bearings, and eventually he wound up at the stables. He smiled when he got there, running his fingers along the wood of the door before stepping inside, breathing in the smell of the horses, "Kelsie? You in here?"

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Walking out of the current stable she was in, Kelsie smiled at Damiaan and closed up the stable door before going over to where he was. "That's Chestnut." She says, pointing to the horse she was just 'talking' to.

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He smiled back, and put his arms around her when she came over, nodding a little, "Chestnut... I take it that's who you'll be riding?" He put his nose against her hair, and looked at the other stalls, wondering what the other horses' names were.

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"Yep, there's seven others you can choose from. You can choose now if you feel good to ride, then again, you probably wouldn't have come out if you weren't feeling better." She got a closer look at Damiaan and was glad to see all the redness gone from his eyes.

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Damiaan smiled and nodded, "I feel a lot better... look the part too, don't I?" He kissed her forehead before straightening, letting go of her so he could look at the different horses, eventually stopping in front of the stall at the end, which held a black thoroughbred.

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"That's Onyx." Kelsie said once he had stopped at a stall that held the black thoroughbred. "I've only ridden him once I believe..." She opened the stall door and walked in, running a hand up the middle of his large head. "Is this the one you're choosing?"

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Damiaan followed her inside, resting a hand on the horse's neck, thinking about just how long it had been since he'd been near a horse... "Yeah... he's probably the only one big enough to carry me." He snorted and shook his head, knowing that all of the horses could probably carry him, and rubbed the stallion's ears, causing the horse to nicker contently.

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Kelsie laughed as well at his words, "Do you still remember how to saddle up?" She pointed to the saddles on the outside of the separate stalls, each one with a name over top of it. Kelsie turned her head when she heard the stable doors open and in walked Evan. The older man smiled at the both of the 'younger' people in the room, even though Damiaan is over 300 years of age.

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Damiaan snorted, but nodded, "I remember how to do most everything... it's yet to be determined whether actually riding is included in that." He went to go find Onyx's saddle and bridle when the door opened, and he smiled back at who he assumed was Evan.

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"I'm assuming this freakishly tall man would be Damiaan?" Evan asked Kelsie with a laugh, his British accent very clear, and reached out to shake the other man's hand. "Kelsie here told me you weren't feeling very good...you recovered very quickly from whatever bug you caught." He commented.

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Damiaan laughed, and shook Evan's hand with a smile, "Yeah... I think it was just like a mini head-cold or something, no big deal." He shrugged, and ran his hand along Onyx's muzzle gently.

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