#and at one point I considered giving him a white gyrfalcon that he could name after Machete in some sneaky not immediately obvious way

[canisalbus]

Sometimes I'd like to think one of Vasco's favorite horses was a white horse the was defensive and skittish because it reminded him of Machete.

Naturally very few would find the horse to be of value, so Vasco would have to justify it staying.

Basically, in those long stretches of time when they don't see each other, while Machete is being sad and catholic, Vasco is having a whole horse girl movie in the background.

I had to sit down and stare off into the distance for a while, longingly imagining Vasco's adventures as a horse girl movie protagonist.