She shows up, but the caution is in her posture, how she lingers near the gate instead of coming in. The horse is...well. He's a horse, and that's fine. Why'd she agree to do this again? Probably because she was so baffled to be asked in the first place that agreement had just slipped from her mouth.

Okay. Okay. The low hum of anxiety is something she'll have to ignore.

"Thanks for meeting me. You were the first person I thought to call."