Dear Author, you have done what Beholder does best: selected a bold approach to a boldly unexpected pairing. And I salute you, because this is an achievement. :) Great story, and I particularly enjoy the exploration of centaur culture, the structure of it and the social moments and the relation to our own, rather than the centaurs simply being a slightly odd combination of "Forbidden Forest demi-monster" and "noble sage", as suits narrative.