There's the rain, of course, pattering in heavy drops on his hat, soaking his shoulders and making it hard as hell to light his goddamn cigarette, considering his first match gets snuffed out and the second suffers damn near the same fate, no matter how closely he cups his hands.
It was a hell of job keeping the herds from mixing, and he'd gotten right in the thick of it, arguing with the other handlers until he's just about blue in the face and his voice has gone hoarse. Fuckin idiots, ever single one of 'em, it's the Chilean sheep up on Brokeback all over again.
They get them sorted out eventually, though, leading him to stand near the horses and try to light the fucking cigarette, glancing from Mark to Michael to William again, finally shrugging.
"Ain't worried on it none. Didn't come along for the pay."
Which might, he thinks, vaguely, beg the question of why he did, but ain't like anybody's exactly gonna ask him that here. Ennis ain't around; Sallie neither, and aside from them and maybe Hero, he couldn't say anybody else would care.
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Date: 2012-08-07 07:24 pm (UTC)There's the rain, of course, pattering in heavy drops on his hat, soaking his shoulders and making it hard as hell to light his goddamn cigarette, considering his first match gets snuffed out and the second suffers damn near the same fate, no matter how closely he cups his hands.
It was a hell of job keeping the herds from mixing, and he'd gotten right in the thick of it, arguing with the other handlers until he's just about blue in the face and his voice has gone hoarse. Fuckin idiots, ever single one of 'em, it's the Chilean sheep up on Brokeback all over again.
They get them sorted out eventually, though, leading him to stand near the horses and try to light the fucking cigarette, glancing from Mark to Michael to William again, finally shrugging.
"Ain't worried on it none. Didn't come along for the pay."
Which might, he thinks, vaguely, beg the question of why he did, but ain't like anybody's exactly gonna ask him that here. Ennis ain't around; Sallie neither, and aside from them and maybe Hero, he couldn't say anybody else would care.