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Aw, geez, you care now? That's swell, Tess. [He prods her in the side, grinning.]

[dog_eat_dog]

[She lets out a hollow laugh in return, smiling, but it feels deeply embarrassing just the same for him to acknowledge out loud that she cares at all.]

Oh, shut up, I’m just trying to be nice about your love for big scary animals.

[stand_unshaken]

[He laughs harder, patting the horse's butt.]

They ain't scary. You got it under control.

[dog_eat_dog]

For now! If it decided it was tired of listening to me, there would be nothing I could do about it.

[stand_unshaken]

Remember you still got me. Unless it decided it wanted to throw me off, in which case you're shit outta luck.

[dog_eat_dog]

Hey, if it bucks, you’re going first, I’ve got the knob thing and these to hang on with.

[She flaps the stirrups with her feet to make a point. Very helpful.]

[stand_unshaken]

Oh, now she's confident. C'mon - show us what you got, speed up a little.

[dog_eat_dog]

Confident in my ability to handle a bad situation, sure!

[She nudges the horse with her heels, and it takes her a moment to remember more rein, squeeze with the thighs instead, yadda yadda. More to think about compared to a gas pedal.]