Use the horse, Luke. I will at least post Kuroitsu's last episode, but the dogs are getting cranky because they've usually been on a walk by now, so I'll be doing that for the next bit. Impressions: Okay, so, let's make a show about polo. What do we know about polo? It has horses. […]
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