Eliana cherished the moment, pretending, for just a minute, that she had found peace at last...
...But that was, simply, not to be. It was important to be a realist, to know what lay ahead and to stop looking at what lay behind.
"I think you've got the hang of it," she murmured approvingly. Even so, she lingered a moment more before pulling away from him. "We should go, before it's too late to start out."
With a laugh, she added, "And, besides, we still need to buy a horse."
(OOC: Unless you have more antics, I think we can fast forward five years...either in this thread or in another!)