"Told ya" was all the older man said. And boy did he mean it. Just those two, single, monosyllabic words were able to convey more than enough. Jesse, who was standing a good yard away from the metal barrier, simply nodded his head as he continued to stare at the blue-roan beauty. She was most certainly a handful but if anything, it just made Jesse all the more excited. He loved a good challenge; the harder a problem, the harder he was forced to work and he prided himself in the things he managed to accomplish because of this particular characteristic. Plus, he felt her rare coloring was an added bonus. The cowboy had made up his mind the moment he saw her, and the extra time he spent staring was just to make sure she wasn't lame or in any other way disabled. He wasn't sure he had the skill set to be able to properly care for an animal with that.
"I'll take her." If only he knew how greatly that answer would affect him later on. Nothing in the world could possibly explain the look Jesse received once the sentence left his lips. It took a moment for the employee to recover, and he cleared his throat loudly once he did. "Alrighty then, go bring yer truck and I'll go grab the paperwork." Again, Jesse nodded and wasted no time in running to retrieve his vehicle. By the time he had the trailer backing up with the door pacing the viewing pen's gate, the man was back with a clipboard in his hands and directing his assistants on how they'd direct the mare into the trailer. Jesse let the professionals handle that while he got out to seal the deal.
Some pen-strokes, a payment of bills, quite a lot of straining, and a whole book's worth of cursing later, the mare was finally transported to and contained in Jesse's trailer. "Thank you sir, and I appreciate the time." Jesse shook hands with the wrangler and gave a respectful inclination of his head. "Don't mention it son. And don't bring her back!" he practically snorted. Jesse laughed and got into his pickup, beginning the long drive home.