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William loves the Milliways' stables as they're big, most of the horses are friendly and he can always finds some space to himself. Their barn at home does what it needs to and he has a spot for hiding stuff in it, but his responsibilities are more there.

Today he's taken care of a few chores around the barn and has been introducing himself to a beautiful mare that recently arrived. Horus is exploring and William's not too concerned about him as the forge cats keeps an eye on him when they're here.

Once he's done checking on all the horses, he plans on sitting on the back porch of the Bar with a book and enjoying it feeling like Spring.

(OOC: Catch him in the stables or on the porch.)

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"It's fightin', it ain't nice. Yeah, cause it hurts more there and if you're ever in bad trouble and a man hurts you, kick him or knee him well there. It'll work,"

He honestly feels like there should be some phrasing he can use and he refuses to gesture as that will only be embarrassing for both of them. Hopefully she knows what he means.

Mary frowns.

"In the stomach?"

"Um, no, lower,"

There's a pleading look in his eyes, she's clever, she should figure this out. He doesn't have a single good way to say what he means in anything close to respectable language.

Mary looks impatient.

"What's low........ooooooh!"

She feigns spotting something very interesting over by the woods, deliberately not looking at William. Whether it's out of embarrassment, or because if she looks at him she might laugh....even she can't properly say.

"Yes. Quite. No doubt that's very effective."

Not REMOTELY ladylike. But effective.

At her ooh, he turns red and releases a breath he was holding, "Yeah, quite."

"I shall....certainly remember that in the event that I'm attacked, Mr. Evans."

"Well. I think this has been a most instructive first lesson."

"Oh good, I'm glad it has,"

Its certainly be unexpected but if its useful that's for the best.

"Indeed."

Well, she has learned many things that she didn't know before.

"Would you care to join me for tea?"

Restore a bit of civilization to the proceedings.

"Yes, that'd be very nice. Have you been readin' anythin' interesting lately?"

There, that's a nice proper course for the conversation to go.

"I've been reading some of my father's volumes on natural history. Or attempting to."

It's rather dry reading.

"We have a temporary neighbor who studies it. He pokes about looking for interesting animals and plants."

"Oh, that sounds like it could be interestin'. Folks like that come through our way sometimes, because there's a lot that's not known about what's out our way,"

Though sometimes they look very stupid when they poke cacti.

Mary looks doubtful.

"He picked up a snake. And wanted me to come look at its head."

Strange, strange man.

"He's the cousin of the man I quarreled with at the Netherfield ball. I may have told you? He's American."

"Was it poisonous? Yeah, I think you mentioned him,"

William and his brother used to collect frogs when they were younger, snakes can be neat as long as they're not the sort that kills you.

"He said not. Something about the shape of the head and the pupil of the eyes. I took him at his word."

But she hadn't stirred a centimeter to examine the creature for herself.

"At any rate, he requested that I show him about our land while he's staying in Hertfordshire. So I've been trying to learn something of the subject so that I'll not appear completely ignorant."

"That sounds nice and snakes can be really interestin' cause they feel nice and cool. Frogs are better though, but they tend to try and escape even more. If you ever want, I know where there's a good pond in the forest with some."

Mary just stares at him.

"Men. Boys. The lot of you are strange."

William laughs because she doesn't know the joy of chasing a frog,

"You only think that cause you don't have any brothers."

"No. I think that because you're strange."

She's losing the battle to keep the corners of her mouth from quirking upwards.

"Fascinated by snakes and frogs and insects."

"Cause they're neat and ain't you ever gotten dirty just cause you can?"

That's half the fun, going after a frog and into the mud before getting it.

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