(RP title sounds like it should be a song name 8D; )
Plod plod plod.
His hooves beat the earth with a soft thud each time, trampling the foliage and loam that muffled the sound. A blessing, really. The less noise his passage made through the forest the less chance of being discovered.
Sunlight dappled his hide and whatever lay below the swaying branches, flickers of illumination that sometimes made him shake his head as he'd annoyingly get an eyeful of bright. The herd was on the move today, perhaps to better grass, and he was already days behind them. Not that they'd know, really. Trailing along at his torpid pace, Mako made it a habit of following along as far as the trees would allow. Never really apart, or a part.
Wincing as a twig snapped beneath his hoof, the sound itself bothered him somehow. Not that he thought there was any real danger lurking about today. Still, he made it a point to pick his way through a bit more carefully, avoiding fallen trees and rocks and all sorts of disorder that was the natural state of life.
