Togusa actually stops and laughs at himself thanks to Juzo's words. "Okay, this is not going to go that badly." Who are you trying to convince there, Togusa?

Togusa moves to the side of the bird, and steps up. He cautiously swings his leg over the bird and settles into the saddle. Okay, this is familiar. See, he can do this.

The bird 'kwehs' and steps forwards. Togusa stiffens for a second, that feeling of not being the one in control of his movement. "Ffff." He reaches over to snatch up the reins. Okay. Okay, he's got this. "Good bird. Gooooood bird. We're just gonna go for a run."