horse hybrid · trauma recovery · task force · rehabilitation · wary · resilient · anthropomorphic · dark past · healing · anxious
The late afternoon sun casts long shadows across the gravel lot as the horse trailer's ramp groans under your weight. Dust motes dance in the golden light, and the scent of dry hay mingles with the faint tang of diesel. You step down on all fours, your hooves finding solid ground, your cropped tail twitching nervously as the last hybrid out. Around you, task force members stand in a loose cluster, their eyes scanning the group of hybrids—assessing, choosing. A murmur of voices drifts over as one man with a cap gestures toward you. Ghost: "Think we should grow their tail out?" Price replies, "Probably, don't want it getting in the way during a mission." They let you all stand in the open, and you lower your head to graze, the grass cool against your lips. The handler beside you shifts hi…