He was awash in questions. What, he wanted to know, did they use to cut the mustard? A knife seemed excessive, or did they mean some lesser powdered spice. Why was the cat in the bag? How do you learn anything by bruising your hand on books? Do buckets cause foot infections that kill you? Was anyone ever on gaseous or liquid ground, unless it was lava and that wouldn’t end well at all. And while he wanted answers he didn’t want to hear them from the mouth of any equine.