He seemed to enjoy the new country, but didn't concern himself with the details. We ate up the cross-country course in practice. My only concern was t... keep him in hand for the arena events.Mom was ticked off-at the horse! She actually got eye-to-eye with him and yelled at him to pay attention to what he was doing. He'd clear all the hurdles in the practice arena-with a yard or more to spare. He seemed to be looking around while he was doing it. The damn horse was enjoying himself and not. Mitigation was key to survive this and freaking out and crying or screaming for help would end in certain death. So time to improvise. With the snickering lowered and only a few moans heard from time to time, I knew that to weasel my way out of this predicament with my soul and body still intertwined, I had to make myself indispensable to the group. The gang. THAT WAS IT!!! It no sooner entered my head than I uttered the plan to the aroused horde of leather jacket clad motor heads."I fear the. She was leaning over from the under basket and waved at me from the long shadow of a blimp. I found the Saur and they looked restless as if something was behind them.I could not see anything so I chambered a round and dropped the magazine to add another round. I looked at the big lizards and the rifle came up swiftly and I fired six times in a row. I doubt if it had taken me more than three seconds and six lives were gone as well as my anxiety. I felt a sense of loss for what I had done. There was a summer storm, so it was raining really heavy when we pulled into the service station. No park places near the toilets, so had to park a good distance away.Told her I didn’t need to go. Couldn’t be fucked to go out in the rain. Waited until she was gone, pissed in an empty McDonalds cup and threw it outside.Niece comes back fucking drenched. Looks like she fell in a swimming pool. I laugh at her and, being the responsible adult that I am, remind her than she can’t stay in wet.