"Ah! Then it sounds like we may well be the perfect match. Your equine experience, and mine with the spell!"

If John is familiar with horses and environments that train them, surely this will be a breeze?

Depending on the horse, perhaps. Or hoses, plural. It might be a little exciting if all of them decide to take offence to what is going on. Do horses... charge in groups? He supposes they might find out.

"Tressym," he adds, "are winged feline companions. Very intelligent, able to use magic, sometimes a little judgemental. I do miss Tara. I hope she isn't too worried."

Does she think that he's --

He supposes she has no reason to know better, in truth. Gosh. His poor mother.