GR translation: Never been closer than roadside ditches in time of war to any horse in her life

[David Morris]

It means what you think.

On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 6:54 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> V482.29-483.2, P490.33-491.5   In Weisse Sandwüste von Neumexiko she
> played a cowgirl. First thing, they’d asked, “Can you ride?” “Of
> course,” she’d answered. Never been closer than roadside ditches in
> time of war to any horse in her life, but she needed the work. When
> the moment came to saddle up, it never occurred to her to be afraid of
> the beast pressing up between her thighs. It was an American horse
> named Snake. Trained or not, it could have run away with her, even
> killed her. But they pranced the screen full of the Sagittarian fire,
> Gretel and that colt, and her smile never drew back.
>
> What does this sentence mean exactly? Does it mean that she had been
> to or near "roadside ditches in time of war", and that's as close to a
> horse as she had ever been? Or is it something else entirely?
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