Heidi found Bruno out by the estate's stables. One of the privileges of being royalty, and all the wealth that came with it was owning vast amounts of land and the ability to care for beasts that were no longer the primary form of transportation or burden.
These days, Bruno found himself out by the stables more and more than he had ever been in his life.
And to Heidi it was obvious. Bruno kept only a specific kind of breed in his stables, they weren't draft horses or thoroughbreeds. These were warhorses, who like him were now out of an occupation, as their eras had both come to an end.
The one in particular that Bruno felt the most kinship with was a bay Trakehner stallion, with a black mane, tail, and lower legs. Along with a white blaze on its forehead.
The horse was named Falka, partially after the nickname his grandson had earned during battle as an airborne officer during the second world war, and partially as a reference to the legendary steed of Dietrich von Bern.
