"I used to ride, at home." Her expression doesn't change, but there's a barely-there wistfulness in her voice; she misses it, permits herself to miss this one thing and doesn't allow herself anything like homesickness. There may not be a home to go back to any more, and pretending that she ever will is only going to hurt her. There are more interesting ways she can dig her nails into her own wounds than that.
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