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SweetPeea 
Nicola's eyes lit up when Botros had given them permission to name the Granians themselves. She nodded when he mentioned more bonding, which made total sense. Better chances of them succeeding with this lesson as well. When she saw Mo bow a little bit, she raised an eyebrow with a smile not sure why he had done so, but then when he told her she could name him, she picked up on why he'd bowed. What a gentleman.
Names. Names. What should she name him. So many different names were spiraling through her head until she landed on one. Nicola looked at Mo and then the Granian, then back at Mo. "How about Alexei?" She remembered having a horse back home as a child named Alexei. He was one of her favorites. Besides it sounded like quite an uncommon name she didn't hear too often, so why not name their friend here Alexei? That is, if Mo liked it too of course.
Next thing to do was decide on which runes they could use for their saddle. She listened to Mo after he had agreed with her suggestions. Then he mentioned the rune Ehwaz & Nicola smiled before she nodded to agree with him. "Ehwaz is a good one too.." He went on to suggest them using several different runes for the saddle & Nicola thought that was a really good idea. Better chance of the saddle to stay on. Brilliant ideas.
Once he finished casting his rune, Nicola used Adhaero as she stuck the Raidho rune to the saddle. She took a breath for she began to speak, "raidho raidho raidho... r r r r r r r r r... ru ra ri re ro... rudh radh ridh redh... rodh... (rut rat rit ret rot)... or er ir ar ur... r r r r r r r r r..." Nicola smiled at Mo and then shrugged a bit before suggesting, "I suppose I might as well do another? And you can do the last?"
Using Adhaero once more, this time to stick her Dagaz rune to the saddle like before. She was soon heard saying, "dagaz dagaz dagaz dh dh dh dh dh dh dh dh dh d d d a a a g g g a a a z z z du da di de do dh dh dh dh dh dh dh dh dh odh edh idh adh udh od ed ud ad ud d d d a a a g g g a a a z z z.."
Looking over at Mo as she waited for him to do the last rune.
They were being instructed to move on again, and Mo listened carefully to Botros before turning back to Nicola with an infectious little grin. Now they got to ride the horse! Oh, but first...
"Lemme put on the last rune, just to keep us safe in the saddle," Mo dug through his rune set again, this time pulling out the Algiz. He looked for an unobtrusive spot to add it to the saddle before opting to stick it next to the Dagaz regardless. "
Adhaero." Mo pointed his wand at the rune and carefully spoke out the Galdr for it. "
Algiz algiz algiz z z z z z z z z z uz az iz ez uz oz ez iz az uz z z z z z z z z z."
There, they were set. "I think Alexei is a perfect name for him, although I'll probably just end up calling him by some goofy pet name instead." Not to be dismissive of the name she had chosen, but Mo was a nicknamer by nature. That wasn't going to change just because he wasn't dealing with a human.
"I think you should ride, and I'll lead the horse," Mo offered. He was trying to be gallant. He would love to ride, obviously, but it made more sense for Nicola to do it. He'd look like a toad if he made her lead him around on a horse. Besides, maybe he could ride when they got to the Gamekeeper's hut.