Joaquin and a friend challenged Fate to a footback across a large meadow at Pompanuck, Fate got the idea right away. The boys were very fast, but Fate barely stretched to get ahead of them and when they got near the end of the line, she knocked Joaquin down by diving through his legs from the front and then circled his friend and tried to herd him. He stumbled but stayed on his feet. Fate won.

The race went back and forth for a good while, the boys collapsed in exhaustion, Fate seem puzzled as to why everyone stopped. She was not yet panting. Fate seemed to grasp the nature of the experience, she understood how to race, chase sticks in the woods, jump into waiting arms. She read the day and spread a lot of joy.