"I'll be fine"

Dakota sighed. "She.....scares me." She admitted quietly. "And talking about her make the memories feel like they just happened"

But you don't. Nothing like this ever happened to you. She thought, staying where she was

Her sadness and vulnerbility was becoming anger and defensiveness

"It's not aout you, I'm going outside." She said quietly, getting up. She was visibly tense as she grabbed a sweatshirt and put on her boots. She walked out and grabbed Secret, quickly grooming her and tacking up. She sighed, swinging her leg over the mare's back for the first time in weeks. She clicked to Secret, asking for a walk. The mare complied with a snort