The rest of the day passed in a blur of laughter and joy that only comes when an entire village decides, collectively, to stop taking itself so seriously.
The younger centaurs, full of ambition and fire, kept coming up to Luca in waves.
"How did you do that?!" They demanded.
"How did you move so fast?!"
"Can you teach us?!"
"Can we learn to go boom like you did?"
Luca, who had absolutely no idea how to train a centaur for speed did his best to offer some rudimentary advice.
"Focus on explosive starts." He said. "Build power in your hindquarters. And honestly? A lot of it is just...wanting it badly enough."
Whether it was the advice or simply the placebo effect, several of the younger centaurs swore they felt faster afterward.
They looked at Luca with stars in their eyes, and he suspected he'd accidentally acquired another batch of devoted followers.
Then the little ones came.
