Comic: Everyday We're Shufflin'...Houses XD Page 9

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Story:
Control...power...Lana could feel the devil's deal was starting to roll into her mind. It had been very hard, giving up so much for so long. She had to admit, she had a fairly easy life up until she had to give up the stable's ownership to the Sponsor. Even though the stable had been controlled by Gordie and Clara as well, in the end, it was really Lana who had been the central command for everything there. With Gordie and Clara busy with their daughter Kimmie, they didn't mind letting Lana run almost everything. But she had goofed, she had let the fun get the best of her, and the Sponsor had to come in a pretty much save her and the stables. But she didn't save face and felt she had let everyone down.

The idea of getting that control back, getting back that sense of pride again...it was so tempting...

The horse lord waited, seeing the ideas rolling through her head, seeing her internal struggle. He didn't want to push her one way or another, he knew that the tree wanted her to come to the decision completely on her own. No pushing, no influencing beyond what can be promised. Besides, the tree wanted to see how her mind worked, how Lana sorted things internally. What better way than under pressure like this?

Already, the horse lord could see certain gears spinning, not just the idea of the power and glory, but the skeptic that Lana was known for. Sure enough, the cold and calculating part of her mind was taking hold again. She was seeing the situation for what it was, a strange horse in a strange place offering her something, but omitting everything. She was eying him out critically now, seeing him for more than the smoke and energy he was. This is what he and the tree were waiting for, what they were watching for. And sure enough, Lana could sense something was off, that things were not what they seemed. And she could see the horse for the reality he was, not the intimidation he was trying to pose as.

She gathered herself up underneath her body, starting to lift herself forward and eventually up off the ground.

"Wait...just...one...moment..." She critically spoke to the horse, not in fear, not in awe, but as the skeptic she always was.
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I totally forgot I had those speech bubble brushes! Holy crap, you guys have no idea how excited I am to use those now! So much less messy than my other style XD

Lana's Second Pose: wookiestock.deviantart.com/art…
Horse Lord: blusl.deviantart.com/art/Pegas…
Bark: urceola.deviantart.com/art/Mou…
Roots: coffinkittie.deviantart.com/ar…
Speech Bubbles: frostbo.deviantart.com/art/Gim…