Otatso Wetlands Mustangs

gawdamn reno sagebrush.
admiration and something different ate at colt for a second. "last we left off, yew was coming to natigvik. but they went on home with their extended family. sadey an' i got two more, gun an' red. we was set up in the taiga fer the winter, was gonna wait on yew."
he spat. 
"couple women come through, one of em at least got hydrophobia. so we hightailed it outta there. come up to a creek,  was happy to settle there a bit. but the uh, the inhabitants didn't take so kindly t'sadey an' i."
this part was shameful.
"we fought. we lost, but not before cuttin' them t'bits. but they got red, reno. they got her. an' gun is close, i think. an' we got a healer now. but — red." his eyes hardened; his voice became a knife. "one of em choked her, threatened t'kill her. fucked her up. i won't let it go."