Nikolai would never admit it out loud but all three of them are a lot more skilled when it comes to magic than he is. He trusts them to get this done and, if they can't for some reason, he knows he'll be able to figure out what to do.
He watches from a distance as Wilhelm tries to corral a horse and it slips free which means it's now coming at Zoya. He watches as Zoya puts her hands up to try and keeps the horses in one place but he knows that horses are temperental and don't always do what they're supposed to do.
Which is why he starts moving towards them, trying to cut off the angle where he thinks the horse might run if he breaks free so he can grab on and try and climb on to calm him that way.
It's an almost brute force way of doing things but if magic fails, you have to fall back on what you know.
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He watches from a distance as Wilhelm tries to corral a horse and it slips free which means it's now coming at Zoya. He watches as Zoya puts her hands up to try and keeps the horses in one place but he knows that horses are temperental and don't always do what they're supposed to do.
Which is why he starts moving towards them, trying to cut off the angle where he thinks the horse might run if he breaks free so he can grab on and try and climb on to calm him that way.
It's an almost brute force way of doing things but if magic fails, you have to fall back on what you know.