He's about to protest with his typical cocky bluster, but he sees that she's being dead serious here. She's the expert and he should listen to her, even though every fiber of his being still screams to do otherwise, and as much as he hates to admit it, he does not know everything about everything. Today is proof of that. And he'll be feeling it for a while, too.

"Okay, whatever," he concedes with a casual shrug, which would roughly translate to Oh thank GOD.

A good-natured smirk returns to his lips. "Mmmmnope, I'm pretty sure I made an ass outta myself. Trust me, I do it all the time, so I know how it feels. You weren't the one who fell off a horse that was standing still. Seriously, that's as ass-tastic as you can get."

There's a line between trying to impress her and ending up making her laugh at his expense. Tommy straddles that line like a boss (until he falls off, of course).

With a light nudge of his heels, he starts Duncan off and guides him back onto the trail. Hey, at least he can do this sort of okay without fumbling.