I stopped fiddling with the saddle and stared vacantly over it at the distant horizon for a moment.
"No," I finally admitted.
Kuri's hand came down to squeeze warmly upon my shoulder, "Sometimes doing the right thing in life can seem to bring with it the burden of something unwanted, but it is often the case, in my experience, that the burden of the present is the joy of tomorrow." Kuri moved off with his horse and was soon mounted and back on the trail.
Was that what I had been to start out with? A burden?
Looking to Kuri I once again thanked El Elyon for bringing him into my life when he had. The girl was beside me and I lifted her up to the spot behind the saddle that I had made for her, only to then realize it would've been simpler for me to mount first and then pull her up behind me. There was always something new to learn.