Kate really hopes she hasn't just endangered her chances at getting inside a motor car, because it's impossible to hold back one quick burst of laughter when he panics.

"Whoa, whoa," she soothes, fighting to keep the chuckle from her voice.

Duncan settles, snorting and shaking his head as if to say he has no clue what the pudgy greenhorn on his back is so worked up about. He was only stretching his legs.

"I was jus' teasin' you, Gene. It ain't all that easy t'fall off a horse when he's practically standin' still."

Okay, so maybe she didn't even try to restrain that one.