The Arabian mares did not run; they flowed.
Where the massive European destriers would have bludgeoned the earth with their iron-shod hooves, tearing up the sand in a brutal, exhausting display of pure kinetic force, the Bedouin horses seemed to skim over the surface of the wasteland. They were creatures forged by the very desert that sought to kill them. They were lighter, leaner, and possessed a bottomless, deep-chested endurance that allowed them to eat up the miles with a terrifying, r