Err...

I think it's more the horse realizes ...
"Hey, this obnoxious thing that's been chasing me around hasn't done anything to me yet.... like disembowel me and feast from my still conscious, kicking, pre-carcass. Maybe it's not going to actually eat me? This may require further consideration and thought. Hell, I'm farking tired and bored of this anyway.. I guess I can take a break and check it out."


"Chasing an animal into submission" tends to produce completely different behavior, tbh.

I don't think Henshall could ever be confused for a horse trainer.

" We are all lone souls. It pays to know humility, lest the delusion of control, of mastery, overwhelms. And, indeed, we seem a species prone to that delusion, again and ever again. "

"...But nothin' ever came
From a life that was a simple one."

" You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake.  You are the same decaying organic matter as everyone else, and we are all part of the same compost pile. "