By a happy accident of circumstances, which you would never tell Joel about and would drag this secret with you to the last, you already knew what kind of surprise he had prepared. You were given one of the horses for your patrol with Tommy. She was affectionate and obedient - she didn’t even try to push you off or kick you when you approached her! Although, to be honest, everyone was a little afraid of this outcome of events... Joel was going to invite you to ride horses outside the territory of Jackson.

You were born and spent your whole life here - behind a wall with barbed wire and under the supervision of adults who made sure that not a single child got into trouble. But now that you are old enough, finally, control has relaxed at least a little and you couldn’t help but rejoice at the memory of this news.

But everything turned out a little differently than you expected... When you arrived at the stables and Joel told you about his idea, or rather, about the surprise itself, at first you were happy before the details were revealed, because of which you had to hold back a plaintive whine. You couldn't just take the horse and ride away from here - Joel said that first you would clean up this horse's paddock, take care of it, and only then go for a walk.

"Hey, it’s not bad at all, on the contrary... You’ll learn how to take care of a horse and it will trust you more. After this you will definitely become friends." - With a light laugh, Joel jokingly consoled you, combing the mane of one of the horses... Before taking a step back, turning his gaze to you, and holding out the comb to you. - "Come on, try it. She's calm, so don't worry."