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Part 1 of Horse Eye View
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2025-10-05
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2025-10-12
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2/?
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Trot or Gallop

Summary:

Fight or Flight - fic of a fic
But from the pov of Éloi (and later Amira)
Please read Fight or Flight first, this will make no sense without the context.
(This is all made with full permission of the author of Fight or Flight)

Notes:

Chapter 1: The Beggar

Chapter Text

He was hungry.

Heat was common in these lands.

How long had it been since he’d last seen home?

Longer than he’d care to ponder.

He was hungry.

It was another day of walking. Among many other horses and many humans, including Friend-Nice-Partner, he walked along a dusty road. The road was one of stone, he preferred grass but this was where they needed to go. Friend-Nice-Partner was leading the group, atop him. It was a burning day so he was happy to go at a walk.

He was hungry.

A silhouette formed in the distance. Against the hazy waves of heat. A destination? A stop? Hopefully Friend-Nice-Partner would get off there, then he could bother him for food.

The whole group ambled along into the destination. Many buildings, a well, some sparse trees, some goats, some people watching. Many people watching. The people were tense. There was a tension in the air, he didn’t like it.

Friend-Nice-Partner got off. He shook out his mane. The many White-Cloak-Nice men started speaking together and the people who were here first went back to talking together.

Before he could bother Friend-Nice-Partner for food, another person across the street caught the attention of Friend-Nice-Partner.

He didn’t get any treats.

Friend-Nice-Partner was with a person on the ground. Small. Quiet.

And fast! The person had clambered on top of the building like a lizard.

Friend-Nice-Partner didn’t follow.

He was hungry.

Chapter 2: The Hospital

Summary:

We continue, Éloi is still hungry.

Chapter Text

He was focused on the heat earlier, he’s decided the humidity was more annoying.

He was hungry.

Friend-Nice-Partner was really focused on the Small-Quiet-Fast one on the building.

Small-Quiet-Fast smelled really bad. He’s smelled worse stuff before but that one smelled gross.

Suddenly Small-Quiet-Fast slumped and stopped moving. He hadn’t noticed how much Small-Quiet-Fast was moving, little trembles and shifts, until it stopped. It clearly distressed Friend-Nice-Partner.

There was yelling now. Nobody was yelling at or for him so he stayed standing by the group but his attention was fully on the commotion. So he was ready and moving when Friend-Nice-Partner called for him. He quickly stepped across and Friend-Nice-Partner climbed atop, still carrying Small-Quiet-Fast.

Friend-Nice-Partner set him off and urged him to go as fast as he could. This was good, this was fun. Running at high speeds was always a pleasant experience, even if he could feel the tension and worry in Friend-Nice-Partner.

The sandy air slowly gave way to more salt scented air. The scent of many many people also grew. It must have been the Water Edge City. He’d been there some times but not too often. He almost went on instinct to the Big Building where they usually stayed but Friend-Nice-Partner pulled him on a different path. They went to a building full of the scent of bad. Some scents of blood, some of sick, many of hurt.

Friend-Nice-Partner climbed down and rushed inside, still carrying Small-Quiet-Fast. He took a quick moment to pass him off to someone nearby before disappearing.

He waited quite a while before Friend-Nice-Partner appeared. He seemed worried but not as frantic as before.

Friend-Nice-Partner gave him a pomegranate.

Friend-Nice-Partner is the best.

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