New Characters

Arriving now at least 30 minutes late (but still, possibly, when I am actually expecting them) will be my mother and her friend Marsh, and their dog, Loper. Marsh has declared his unequivocal non-desire to ride, any horse, for any amount of time, which I will honor, although I will never understand. Mom has kindly agreed to accompany me somewhere. As for Loper, who knows what will happen! He and Spackle love each other, and at his house he’s alpha, and at Spackle’s house Spackle is alpha. How will it be determined that Kit is alpha here? Or will Loper accept my alpha status? Or, perhaps, the horses’?