The incredible talking toy!

"Georgia's the best shot in all the wild west!"

The former deputy froze, her smile waning slightly. She could've sworn she heard a voice. Not just any voice, but the voice of her mortal rival Texas! That couldn't have been the case though. For one, Texas would've been stone cold loco to wander into her home, especially went there was a warrant out for her arrest. Second, and this might've been the mare's brain playing tricks on her, the voice had given her a compliment. There was no way in hell that Texas would ever offer words of praise to her, not even while under the barrel of a gun.

"Huh... must be the house settling..." she said with a huff before turning her attention back to the doll. "Now, where were we?"

"Georgia is the finest woman in all of Gold Springs!"

There it was again! This time Georgia knew that she wasn't hearing things. She looked around her home for a moment, expecting Texas to pop up at any moment with a gun in her hand. The more she thought about it though, the more she realized how nonsensical it was. Since when did the weasel try distract her with compliments? As she continued to scan her home, the voice picked up once more.

"Sheriff Georgia's tougher'n a 2 dollar steak!"

Georgia slowly turned her attention to the doll, her eyes widening as she realized where the voice was coming from. She tossed her boot aside and brought the doll closer to her face to examine it. As expected, it stared unblinkingly into space with a perpetual smile. Curiously, Georgia poked at the toy's stomach to see if it would react in any way.

"Mah name's Deputy Texas, and ah work for Sheriff Georgia!" the doll said stilted manner.

A delighted smile slowly began to spread along Georgia's face, her eyes lighting up with glee. This wasn't any regular old Texas doll. This was a TALKING Texas doll! Not only that, but it seemed like it was made just for her!

"Well, don't that beat all! Somebody out there must really love me!" the mare said with a snicker. She couldn't imagine who would go out of their way to make such a charming little toy for her, but she didn't really care at the moment. She gave the toy one more poke to the stomach, just to verify that she was correct in her assumption.

"Ah hope one day I can be as brave as Sheriff Georgia!" the doll said in the same stilted tone.

"Well, you're sure smarter than the real Texas" Georgia laughed. She could hardly believe her luck. Of all the things to stumble upon while raiding Texas's office, she just happened to find a toy specifically designed for her amusement. If she were more of a critical thinker, she would've immediately question why something like that would be stashed away in such a location, but she was hardly the thinking type as it was. "Damn, this is great! I gotta show you off to Roxxie when I get the chance. Maybe we can look for the fella that made you and we can get him to make one for her too!" she rambled excitedly.

Texas sighed inwardly, a weight lifting from her shoulders. She just barely managed to avoid the plunge into Georgia's boot, though to do that she had to come up with a new ruse on the spot. Had it been someone sharper like Jacks or Roxxie, there was a good chance they wouldn't have bought into it. Luckily for her, Georgia was easy to butter up and her ego was large enough that she wouldn't object to the idea that some stranger had made a doll just for the sake of singing her praises.

"Alright, we can skip the hotbox for now. You've paid your debt to society" Georgia said with a smug grin before poking Texas's stomach again.

"Georgia's the smartest Sheriff in all the west!" the doll spoke.

"I know, I know. Brownnosing will only get you so far, Deputy" Georgia said playfully.

At the very least, the sheriff's ruse managed to bring out a more flexible side to the mare, though Texas wasn't sure how long it was last. It was only a matter of time before Georgia was in the mood to be cruel and when that happened, no amount of pleasantries would save the pint sized weasel.