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We're looking into making the next batch of prototypes out of vegan-certified, vat-grown leather, which will please traditionalists while keeping animal-rights groups happy.\n\nAs part of the test of this batch of saddles, they've grown me up to size, and brought me out here to learn both Western and English riding styles, as an outside observer who can question their assumptions effectively, since I haven't been on the project long enough to look past them all. I almost brought my own bridle, but on the way out, I was dismayed when I realized it was sized for a lapdragon, not a riding dragon, and there's simply no way it would fit me like this.\n\nI'm not sure what I'm waiting for right now. 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The saddles we developed are different than what's come before, though.  The dragon saddles we've made so far, in cooperation with our riding instructors, incorporate a pair of broad, flat stirrups into a similarly broad girth strap.  This not only helps distribute the force, but when combined with a grippy poly-gel liner, helps to stabilize what might otherwise be a saddle prone to rotating.  The material isn't leather, either, but a rubber-impregnated double layer canvas, with room under the seat for a phase-change pack to help keep our mounts comfortable on hot days.  We're looking into making the next batch of prototypes out of vegan-certified, vat-grown leather, which will please traditionalists while keeping animal-rights groups happy.

As part of the test of this batch of saddles, they've grown me up to size, and brought me out here to learn both Western and English riding styles, as an outside observer who can question their assumptions effectively, since I haven't been on the project long enough to look past them all.  I almost brought my own bridle, but on the way out, I was dismayed when I realized it was sized for a lapdragon, not a riding dragon, and there's simply no way it would fit me like this.

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