and then I spurred my horse and Jack shouted, 'WORK, YOU DAMN NAG,' and I was so shocked I stopped spurring immediately and tried to spur as little as possible from then on.
Jack Marston. That horse is a fine and noble animal. It served your father extremely well. It carried him away from perilous situations more times than you can count. It always came when he whistled for it, and it extends that same loyalty to you. How dare you?
I suspect I would have had much the same reaction. There is a lot of moral ambiguity and dark stuff I can put up with, but being pointlessly mean to a horse? I've had horses step on my actual foot and I was still nicer than that (well, just the one horse, and he moved quite politely after I gave him a nudge).
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and then I spurred my horse and Jack shouted, 'WORK, YOU DAMN NAG,' and I was so shocked I stopped spurring immediately and tried to spur as little as possible from then on.
Jack Marston. That horse is a fine and noble animal. It served your father extremely well. It carried him away from perilous situations more times than you can count. It always came when he whistled for it, and it extends that same loyalty to you. How dare you?
I suspect I would have had much the same reaction. There is a lot of moral ambiguity and dark stuff I can put up with, but being pointlessly mean to a horse? I've had horses step on my actual foot and I was still nicer than that (well, just the one horse, and he moved quite politely after I gave him a nudge).