Andrew stood there as they scouted the animals, they pulled out these small telescopes from the implants they had and started looking at the animals in front of them. He was kind of nervous about this. He could see about twenty horses out there with stripes that were similar to the old untamed horse species he couldn’t remember the names of, a good portion of them being quite large. Though from the photos he saw, they weren’t much bigger than the ones from then.

“So which one are you two picking, I think I want the tan one. It looks really nice and will probably tame easy too.” Sylas said smiling, Jonathan looked at him as usual

“TT, typical. Choosing a weaker one than a stronger and more experienced one. If anything you should have picked the grey one. It’s more experienced and aged.”

“And it will tackle more time. Erica wants to get this done quickly. So the tan one is a better choice. And you know I’m not good at breaking one too. And why did you describe an animal like a drink? That’s just weird.” Sylas said, Jonathan glared at him.

“He has a point though. The grey equus is more experienced and is older. And while Sylas is right that it would be more difficult, it’s worth the effort.” She said, Sylas looked over at Andrew with a smile.

“What’s your pick Andy?” he said, Erica kinda gave a glance at Sylas. Andrew smiled at Sylas kindly.

“Andrew if it’s okay, I don’t like Andy; and I’m not sure. I can’t tell the difference between them like you guys can.” He said as he stared off to the herd and tried to decide which one he wanted. He spotted a black one in the crowd of others, it’ head shaking up and down. Its mane was fairly long and had for some reason a beard. Its grey stripes gave it an aged look, though its black hair shined like it was young. Andrew pointed to it.

“I think I am going for the black one there.” He said, the others looked at him with concern. He raised an eyebrow as they remained silent at his choice.

“What? What’s wrong?” Andrew asked.

“That’s a Stallion, he looks like the largest and most experienced of the Stallions here too. Which means he’s going to be a tough and long tame. But hey, if you get bucked off and die. We’ll make sure to bury you properly.” Jonathan said with a sly grin on his face, Andrew gave him a mild smile.

“Thank you, I think…” Andrew said, Erica punched Jonathan in the shoulder, hard enough that he said something in French and rubbed that spot.

“Don’t listen to him, you’ll be fine. Just be careful while doing it and time the feeds just right. You’ll be fine with it if you do.” Erica said, Andrew's eyes widened.

“Uh, feeds? And why do I have to be careful? Isn’t this a knockout tame?” Andrew asked, Sylas bit his lip.

“Uh… sadly no. This tame has to be up and active to tame it. Specifically, you have to break it like a horse, like ride on its back and feed it when it’s trying to buck you off. All while you have no control over where it goes. It’s actually really fun.” Sylas said, Andrew looked at Sylas with concern.

“Oh, fun…” he said with a worried look on his face. He really should have gone with the dinosaur that she mentioned earlier.

“Well, I think our new friend just volunteered to take the first ride. Sylas, would you like to give him the rockarrots?” Jonathan said with a grin. Sylas glared.

“Jonathan, that’s not right for anyone to do. If anyone should go, it shou-” “It’s fine. I’ll try this taming thing now and see what mistakes I make afterward.” Andrew said interjecting. Jonathan smiled, and Sylas looked over at Erica who just shrugged.

“Give him the strange carrots Sylas.” She said, Sylas handed Andrew about twenty carrots or so and nodded to him.

“Throw this in front of the animal when it starts bucking. It distracts it for a moment. Good luck out there.” Sylas said, Andrew nodded as he took the vegetables and took a step forward.

“Make sure to stay low to the ground when approaching them. Throw the carrot in front of the animal you want to tame and then make a dash for its back. It’ll start bucking immediately so have your second carrot ready.” Erica said just before he took his next step. He looked back and smiled with another nod.

“Thank you.”