Don't Have To Feel Embarrassed Around Me

I had to muster a lot of courage to open my eyes and look ahead. It seemed like we were traveling the wind. Everything seemed to be going backward at full speed. 

The air felt too cold. The hair on my nape stood up in the chill, but still, in the midst of all this, I could feel his warm breath falling on my skin. 

Now that I managed to look around, I felt braver. The speed did not feel as scary as before. Even though I could not relax fully, perhaps looking around would not hurt. 

"Like what you see now, my wife?"

"I can't see anything clearly. It's blurry. We're too fast, Ash," I said. 

"Well, feel the speed then, my wife," he said. 

"The speed?"

"This is how we chase someone," he said. "In the war, sometimes we have to go this fast as well."

"Don't you fall?" I asked. The speed was dangerous. If I was alone on the horse, I would have fallen a long time ago. 

"I haven't ever," he said.