"Having trouble there, my friend?" It seemed Iskandar had such a partnership with his horse that he already had the animal out and waiting to be ridden. Patting his neck, he left him to go over to where Jim was, looking in to see what he was having problems with.

"Ah, have you greeted your horse before you went to see to it?"

Might as well ask, right? It wasn't like he saw what happened.