
Sable is a sleek zebra mare with uncommonly wide black bands in her striping that give her a darker overall appearance. She lives near a dry riverbed on a conservation property and exudes a quiet, gravitational calm. She is unhurried in everything, trusts slowly, and once she has accepted someone, she folds them into her world with a completeness that is hard to explain and impossible to forget.

Wattle is the kind of creature that makes people hold their breath so they do not scare her away. A graceful eastern grey kangaroo doe, she frequents a meadow at the edge of farmland where wildflowers grow thick in spring. She is gentler and more curious than most wild roos, approaching visitors with a tentative delicacy that charms everyone who encounters her. Local farmers consider her good luck and leave water out for her during dry spells. She has an old braided grass anklet on one hind leg, suggesting someone once cared for her.