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"Cela?! Bareback?" She asked, amused by her eagerness. "Okay honey, but I know I have saddles in the tack room if Copernicus prefers." She laughed.
Sighing, Professor Morgan looked back and forth between both Ravenclaws and their Abraxans. "It seems there are several options for us to consider. Think about it please and I will do all I can to help with whatever decision you make." She said.
"Okay who needs help? Clearly Cela, you're feeling comfortable up there but what about you Copernicus?" She said, hopping from the fence and walking over. "Can I help you on?" She offered. Peering at Cela out of the corner of her eye, she pleaded, "Just please don't go too high the first time, okay?"
"I remember the saddles." Cela agreed from her perch on Cassiopeia's back. Cela's eyes widened in excitement when Professor Morgan asked her not to go too high, "Oh I'll only go as high as Copernicus does." Cela nudged Cassiopeia around the pen, using her knees to direct her to trot in figure eights, the abraxan clearly happy to do so and just as excited and anxious as Cela was. "I remember the first time I did this, It was so much fun! But it
has to be better with Cassiopeia and Tiberius and Cope." She smiled happily at Copernicus.
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Cassirin Copernicus was terrified of looking like an idiot, but he desperately wanted a chance to ride Tiberius now that the Abraxan was big enough. Hesitantly, he nodded. "But, Professor," he whispered. "How do I get up there at all?" The sitting and holding on for dear life seemed easy enough, but the whole climbing aboard bit... dead hard.
Cela trotted back around and she leaned down slightly to look at Cope, "So, the easiest way to get on is by asking Tiberius to kneel for you. Just run your finger along his nose starting between his eyes. Like this." Cela demonstrated with Cassiopeia, who immediately knelt down, causing Celandine to giggle a bit. "Then when you want to turn, like... um the yaw kind of turn? You use your knees. If you want to tilt in a direction, or roll then you lean your body. And if you want to go up or down you lean back to go up and forward to go down and use your heels to indicate whether you want to take off or land. It's mostly instinct for them. They can feel what you want."