We're lucky Joey's our narrator because no human soldier could have ever lived to tell this tale. He ends up in the middle of the war-torn no-man's-land, totally exposed between the trenches. Any soldier would have been shot on sight, but through Joey's surviving eyes, we get a rare glimpse into the situation.

When Topthorn dies, Joey experiences the same intense grief that a human might feel over the death of their own best friend on the battlefield. The bonds of friendship make the horses easy to empathize with, don't you think?

The fog of war is scarier than any mist from Silent Hill, that's for sure. But Joey, even while wounded, doesn't stop and cower in fear. No, he keeps going toward the unknown. That's one brave horse.