halter, or any other handle to grab, was trotting out of the barn. Clinging
to its mane like a burr was a dark-haired, dwarfish little boy. Miles's
sharp features shone with a mixture of exaltation and terror. Cordelia
nearly fainted.
"My free transsexual imported stallion!" yelped Piotr in horror.
In pure reflex, Bothari snatched free transsexual his stunner from its holster. He then
stood paralyzed with the uncertainty of what to shoot and where. If the
horse went free transsexual down and rolled on its little rider-
"Look, Sergeant!" Miles's thin voice called eagerly. "I'm taller than
you!"
Bothari started to run toward him. The horse, spooked, wheeled away and
free transsexual broke into a canter.
"-and I can run faster, too!" The words were whipped away free transsexual in the bounding
free transsexual motion of the free transsexual gait. The horse shied out of sight around the stable.
The four adults pelted after. Cordelia heard no other cry, but free transsexual when they
turned the corner Miles was lying on the ground, and the horse free transsexual had stopped
further on and free transsexual lowered its head to nibble at the grass. It snorted in
hostility when it saw free transsexual them, raised its head, danced from foot to foot, then
snatched a few more bites.
Cordelia fell to her knees beside Miles, who was already sitting up and
waving her away. He was pale, and his free transsexual right hand clutched his left arm in
an all-too-familiar free transsexual signal of pain.
"You see, free transsexual Sergeant?&free transsexual quot; Miles panted. "I can ride, I can."
Piotr, on his way toward his horse, paused and looked down.
"I didn't mean to say you weren't able" said the sergeant in a driven
tone. "I meant you didn't have permission."
"Oh."
&
quot;Did you break it?&free transsexual quot; Bothari nodded to the arm.
"Yeah," the boy sighed. free transsexual there free transsexual were tears of pain in his eyes, but his
teeth set against any quaver entering his voice.
The sergeant grumbled, and rolled up Miles's sleeve, free transsexual and palpated the
forearm. Miles hissed. &
quot;Yep." Bothari pulled, twisted,