He grins at the sight of her mounting that easily. Good girl. He doesn't respond for a good few minutes while they start riding, until he raises his voice enough to be heard over the hoofbeats.

"I'll tell him he was like a father to me, and that he was a damn fool to throw what we all had together away. And that I'm ready to go my own way, and not his."

He looks at her, almost hoping to hear if that sounds good enough.