Cori was kind to him even though it was beyond clear Lex had no idea what he was doing. He watched closely as Forest gave a brief demonstration, mimicking the way he held the reins and moved his legs. Lex tried something similar, inhaling quickly as Cori began to move beneath him. It was a strange feeling riding atop another living creature, feeling her breathe and her muscles flex between his legs. "How bizarre," he mumbled to himself, sounding more amazed than judgmental. "What was your full name, love?" he asked her softly, placing his hand against her neck. "Coriander? Corilynn? Corinna? I'm rather fond of Coriander, personally."<br/><br/>Lex chuckled to himself briefly before silently instructing Cori to follow Forest and his horse. The two large beasts were content together, moving at a leisurely pace. Lex wondered if Forest would push them any harder but he didn't seem to be interested in that just then. As the farmer brought up Mason, Lex couldn't help but flinch. The other man's abuse was still too fresh in his mind, lingering like a foul stench on his psyche.<br/><br/>"Well, darling, Mason teach a fop like me to shoot and suddenly he isn't the special one anymore, is he?" Lex shrugged his shoulders, letting out a long, exasperated sigh. "Mason likes feeling like the big man, y'know? The top dog with the sharpest teeth and biggest bollocks. He likes being depended upon. Times like these, some are better suited for survival than others. Wallis seems to get along just swimmingly with the apocalypse. Mason wants to do the same, but he needs a someone like me to make him feel like he's doing something right.<br/><br/>"Do I like it? Not bloody likely. It isn't fun being the pretty tag-along that's there just to be useless, right?" Lex paused, his eyebrows furrowing together. "I'd be wrong to blame Mason entirely, though," he admitted, his mouth tightening as if he had just swallowed down something incredibly sour. "I may have put all these ideas in Mason's head. I... I didn't know what to do with myself when all this started. Airports and harbors closed down so I couldn't go home to London. Didn't know anyone here in the States other than Mason, who seemed a solid bloke at the time. I thought, y'know, maybe if I played sweet on him, he would keep me safe. I just didn't anticipate for things to develop quite like this."